Overview of sleep and sleep medicine in Asian countries

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Cherasse, Yoan ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Sleep; Sleep medicine

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ASIA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; AGING; ASIAN; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GOVERNMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYPOPNEA INDEX; INDIA; INDONESIAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79951992191     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00468.x     Document Type: Review

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