General physicians' perspective of sleep apnea from a developing country

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 420-423

  Hussain, Syed Fayyaz ^a   Zahid, Sumaiya ^a   Haqqee, Raana ^a   Khan, Javaid Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0141852317     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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