Relationship between obesity and sleep-disordered breathing in children: Is it a closed loop?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 641-643

  Amin, Raouf ^a   Daniels, Stephen ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036085915     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.125255     Document Type: Article

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