Predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in snorers

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-426

  Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Saif ^a   Almohammed, Ahmed Ali ^a   Allangawi, Mona Hassan ^a   Sattar, Hisaham A Allem A ^a   Mobayed, Hassan Said ^a   Panneerselvam, Balamurugan ^a   Philipose, Mary V ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

EID: 39049101911     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.421     Document Type: Article

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