Comparison of the incidences of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in African-Americans versus Caucasian-Americans

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-550

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b,c   Bliznikas, Darius ^a,b   Klein, Michaela ^a,b   Duggal, Praveen ^b   Somenek, M ^c   Joseph, Ninos J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645323772     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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