Is obstructive sleep apnea a risk factor for hypertension? - Differences between the wisconsin sleep cohort and the sleep heart health study

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 404-405

  Peppard, Paul E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350511815     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27592     Document Type: Editorial

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