The Epworth score in African American populations

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-348

  Hayes, Amanda L ^a   Spilsbury, James C ^b   Patel, Sanjay R ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Epworth sleepiness scale; Ethnicity; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 70349116423     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27545     Document Type: Article

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