How, what, and why of sleep apnea. Perspectives for primary care physicians

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 48, Issue JUN., 2002, Pages 1073-1080

  Chung, Sharon A ^a   Jairam, Shani ^a   Hussain, Mohamed R G ^a   Shapiro, Colin M ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; NALOXONE; OXYGEN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY POSITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECK; OBESITY; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0036319563     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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