Prevalence and ethnicity of sleep-disordered breathing and obesity in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 878-882

  Rudnick, Emily F ^a   Walsh, Jonathan S ^b   Hampton, Mark C ^c   Mitchell, Ron B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; THINNESS; TONSILLECTOMY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 36148930965     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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