Obstructive sleep apnoea: Awareness regarding risk factors

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-

  Zaigham, Samrah ^a   Zaigham, Zarnad ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ARTHROPATHY; AWARENESS; BODY FAT; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GOUT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; NOCTURIA; NOSE DISEASE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROGNATHIA; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TONSIL DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 74849121730     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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