Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in siblings: An 8-year swedish follow-up study

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 817-823

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Li, Xinjun ^a   Friberg, Danielle ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heritability; Population based; Sibling risk; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 44949162311     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.6.817     Document Type: Article

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