Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a cohort of 1,207 children of Southern Italy

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Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1930-1935

  Brunetti, Luigia ^a   Rana, Silvia ^a   Lospalluti, Maria Letizia ^a   Pietrafesa, Antonietta ^a   Francavilla, Ruggiero ^a   Fanelli, Margherita ^a   Armenio, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Nocturnal polygraphic monitoring; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Primary snoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035687346     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1930     Document Type: Article

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