Sleep Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , January 2004

Prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness and associated factors in a Brazilian community: the Bambuı́ study

  • Cláudia Hara

      Affiliations

    • Medical Residency of Psychiatry-Psychopharmacology Course, Institute of Social Security of the Civil Servants of Minas Gerais, Rua Rio Grande do Norte, 921/803, 30130.131, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +55-31-3261-6928
    • ,
  • Fábio Lopes Rocha

      Affiliations

    • Medical Residency of Psychiatry, Institute of Social Security of the Civil Servants of Minas Gerais, Rua dos Otoni, 106.30150.270 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Tel./fax: +55-31-3241-1474.
    • ,
  • Maria Fernanda F Lima-Costa

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Medical Anthropology, René Rachou Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Av. Augusto de Lima 1715.30.190.002, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Medicine, Av. Alfredo Balena 190.30.130 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Received 8 April 2003 ,Revised 22 August 2003 ,Accepted 2 September 2003.

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PII: S1389-9457(03)00239-9

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2003.09.009

Sleep Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , January 2004

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