Daytime sleepiness in the obese: Not as simple as obstructive sleep apnea

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2504-2511

  Dixon, John B ^a   Dixon, Maureen E ^a   Anderson, Margaret L ^a   Schachter, Linda ^a   O'Brien, Paul E ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Metabolic syndrome; Quality of life; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 35648991320     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.297     Document Type: Article

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