Prevalence of habitual snoring and its correlates in young children across the Asia Pacific

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Li, Albert M ^a   Sadeh, Avi ^b   Au, Chun T ^a   Goh, Daniel Y T ^c   Mindell, Jodi A ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; habitual snoring; infants; racial difference; toddlers

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRIEF INFANT SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUAL SNORING; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNORING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNORING;

EID: 84874108563     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12083     Document Type: Article

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