Prevalence and determinants of excessive daytime sleepiness in an Asian multi-ethnic population

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-529

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Tan, Wan Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breathing pauses; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Snoring; Solvent

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREATHING PATTERN; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SINGAPORE; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGAPORE;

EID: 27944445772     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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