Practice patterns of screening for sleep apnea in physicians treating PCOS patients

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-237

  Subramanian, Shyam ^a   Desai, Ashesh ^a   Joshipura, Mohit ^a   Surani, Salim ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Polycystic ovarian syndrome; Practice pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBID OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 35748930557     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-007-0120-3     Document Type: Article

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