Prevalence of sleep apnea-related symptoms in a Persian population

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-429

  Amra, Babak ^a,b   Farajzadegan, Ziba ^a   Golshan, Mohammad ^b   Fietze, Ingo ^c   Penzel, Thomas ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Bamdad Respiratory Research Center   (Iran)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iran; Isfahan; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054913574     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-010-0353-4     Document Type: Article

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