Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in women: Effects of gender

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3 I, 2001, Pages 608-613

  Bixler, Edward O ^a   Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^b   Lin, Hung Mo ^b   Ten Have, Thomas ^b   Rein, Jennifer ^b   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^b   Kales, Anthony ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b College of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0035081814     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.3.9911064     Document Type: Article

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