Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 657-660 , June 2009

Risk of sleep apnea in orchestra members

  • Devin L. Brown

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, The Cardiovascular Center – Stroke Program, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive - SPC#5855, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5855, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 936 9075; fax: +1 734 232 4447.
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  • Darin B. Zahuranec

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, The Cardiovascular Center – Stroke Program, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive - SPC#5855, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5855, USA
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  • Jennifer J. Majersik

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, The Cardiovascular Center – Stroke Program, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive - SPC#5855, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5855, USA
    • ,
  • Patricia A. Wren

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
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  • Kirsten L. Gruis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Michael Zupancic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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  • Lynda D. Lisabeth

      Affiliations

    • Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, The Cardiovascular Center – Stroke Program, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive - SPC#5855, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5855, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Received 27 December 2007 ,Revised 5 April 2008 ,Accepted 11 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.05.013

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 657-660 , June 2009

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