A controlled study of sleep related disordered breathing in obese children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1043-1047

  Wing, Y K ^a   Hui, S H ^a   Pak, W M ^a   Ho, C K ^a   Cheung, A ^a   Li, A M ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; OBESITY; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TERMINOLOGY; TONSIL;

EID: 0346690059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.12.1043     Document Type: Article

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