Prevalence of snoring in college students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Patel, Minai ^a   Tran, Duyen ^a   Chakrabarti, Ashoke ^a   Vasquez, Audrey ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^a,b   Davidson, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; College health; Sleep disordered breathing; Snoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449092173     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.57.1.45-52     Document Type: Article

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