Epidemiology of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders: Comparisons with the Veterans Health Administration Databases

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-447

  Sharafkhaneh, Amir ^a,b   White, Sheila Goodnight ^a,b   Sharafkhaneh, Hossein ^a,b   Hirshkowitz, Max ^a,b   Young, Terry ^c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Bureau of Public Health   (United States)

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EID: 64749104760     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2006.10.002     Document Type: Review

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