Pediatric sleep apnea: Implications of the epidemic of childhood overweight

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-441

  Ievers Landis, Carolyn E ^a   Redline, Susan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33847689054     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200606-790PP     Document Type: Review

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