Sleep apnea: Is your patient at risk?

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Chaska, Benjamin ^a   Kiley, James P ^a   Millman, Richard P ^a   Phillips, Barbara A ^a   Rogus, Susan D ^a,b   Strohl, Kingman P ^a   Strollo, Patrick J ^a   Suratt, Paul M ^a   Walsh, James K ^a   Weiss, J Woodrow ^a   White, David ^a   Zepf, Bill ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 9044238847     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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