Unique sleep disorders profile of a population-based sample of 747 Hmong immigrants in Wisconsin

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-65

  Young, Eric ^a   Xiong, Se ^a   Finn, Laurel ^a   Young, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada syndrome; Cultural stress; Hmong health; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; Sleep paralysis; SUNDS; USA

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84872810304     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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