Prevalence of sleep disordered breathing symptoms among malay school children in a primary school in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-185

  Fadzil Abdullah, A A ^a   Jamalludin, A R ^b   Norrashidah, A W ^c   Norzila, M Z ^d   Asiah Kassim, K ^d   Rus Anida, A ^e   Hasniah, A L ^f   Ramli, Z ^g   Samsinah, H ^h  

^a HOSPITAL TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Hospital Serdang   (Malaysia)

^d HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^e HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^g Institute for Health Systems Research   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Malay; Risk factors; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSILLITIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; MALAYSIA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 84866441414     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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