Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 498-507 , September 2006

Obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea and neurocognitive functioning in the Sleep Heart Health Study

  • Stuart F. Quan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Arizona Respiratory, Sleep Disorders and General Clinical Research Centers, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell, Room 2305 Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 520 626 6115; fax: +1 520 626 6970.
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  • Ron Wright

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and General Clinical Research Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Carol M. Baldwin

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing (Southwest Borderlands), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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  • Kristine L. Kaemingk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Steele Memorial Children's Research and General Clinical Research Centers, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • James L. Goodwin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Tracy F. Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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  • Alfred Kaszniak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Lori L. Boland

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Elise Caccappolo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Richard R. Bootzin

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Received 19 October 2005 ,Revised 8 February 2006 ,Accepted 12 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.02.005

Sleep Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 498-507 , September 2006

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