Sleep-disordered breathing in children: Are we underestimating the problem?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-217

  Mitchell, R B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 13844266186     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00124704     Document Type: Editorial

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