Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome as a risk factor for hypertension: Population study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7233, 2000, Pages 479-482

  Lavie, Peretz ^a   Herer, Paula ^a   Hoffstein, Victor ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034685268     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7233.479     Document Type: Article

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