Sleep apnoea in Asians and Caucasians: Comparing apples and oranges

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1537-1538

  Genta, P R ^a   Lorenzi Filho, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; LUNG COLLAPSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79957993172     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00200510     Document Type: Letter

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