Snoring in preschool children: Prevalence, severity and risk factors

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-333

  Kuehni, C E ^a   Strippoli, M P F ^a   Chauliac, E S ^a   Silverman, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preschool child; Prevalence; Risk factors; Snoring; South Asian; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40649093601     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088407     Document Type: Article

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