Is sleep apnea a winter disease? Meteorologic and sleep laboratory evidence collected over 1 decade

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1499-1507

  Cassol, Cristiane Maria ^a   Martinez, Denis ^a,b   Da Silva, Fernando Augusto Boeira Sabino ^a   Fischer, Marcia Kraide ^a   Lenz, Maria Do Carmo Sfreddo ^a   Bós, Ângelo José Gonçalves ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 84870597014     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0493     Document Type: Article

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