Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 913-918 , September 2009

Prevalence and risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea among middle-aged urban Indians: A community-based study

  • Emmadi V. Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Tamilarasu Kadhiravan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Hemant K. Mishra

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Vishnubhatla Sreenivas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bio-statistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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  • Kumud K. Handa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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  • Sanjeev Sinha

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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  • Surendra K. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 11 26594415; fax: +91 11 26589898.

Received 7 May 2008 ,Revised 21 August 2008 ,Accepted 25 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.08.011

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 913-918 , September 2009

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