Obstructive sleep apnea, posttraumatic stress disorder, and health in immigrants

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 824-831

  Arnetz, Bengt B ^a,b,d   Templin, Thomas ^c   Saudi, Waleed ^a   Jamil, Hikmet ^a  

^a Division of Occupational and Environmental Health   (United States)

^b Institute of Environmental Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gulf War; health; obstructive sleep apnea; psychosomatic disorder; PTSD; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOM SAMPLE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84867253965     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31826bf1ec     Document Type: Article

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