Sleep apnea and falls in older people [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1149-1150

  Kaushik, Shweta ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347383173     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01223.x     Document Type: Letter

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