Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in a Caribbean sample

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Zizi, Ferdinand ^a,b,c   Jean Louis, Girardin ^a,b,c   Fernandez, Sonalis ^a   von Gizycki, Hans ^a   Lazar, Jason M ^a   Nunes, Joao ^c,d   Brown, Clinton D ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^c KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Ethnicity; Sleep apnea; Sleepiness; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SNORING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549089610     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-008-0190-x     Document Type: Article

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