Identifying people at high risk for developing sleep apnea syndrome (SAS): A cross-sectional study in a Pakistani population

BMC Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Taj, Fawad ^a   Aly, Zarmeneh ^b   Kassi, Mahwash ^b   Ahmed, Mansoor ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Southwest Cleveland Sleep Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 58249096123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-50     Document Type: Article

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