Risk factors associated with habitual snoring and sleep-disordered breathing in a multi-ethnic Asian population: A population-based study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 557-566

  Khoo, See M ^a   Tan, Wan C ^a   Ng, Tze P ^a   Ho, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Risk factors; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREATHING DISORDER; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SINGAPORE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 2542581521     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2003.11.017     Document Type: Article

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