Obstructive sleep apnea: A comparison of black and white subjects

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 7 I, 2002, Pages 1271-1274

  Meetze, Keith ^a   Gillespie, M Boyd ^a   Lee, Fu Shing ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Hypertension; Obstructive sleep apnea; Race; White

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0036301664     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200207000-00024     Document Type: Article

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