Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea: A population health perspective

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1217-1239

  Young, Terry ^a,b   Peppard, Paul E ^a,b   Gottlieb, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep disorder; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NOSE CONGESTION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0036569980     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2109080     Document Type: Review

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