Sleep Apnea Symptoms and Cardiovascular Disease Risks among Haitian Medical Students
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Sleep Apnea Symptoms and Cardiovascular Disease Risks among Haitian Medical Students
Sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep disorder that disproportionately affects blacks and has been previously studied among Caribbean-born blacks in Brooklyn, New York, but there has been negligible research in the Caribbean, specifically Haiti, and developing countries on this pressing health issue. A total of 373 medical students (mean age=20.6 years ± 2.3 years) from a medical school in Haiti par...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sleep Disorders & Therapy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2167-0277
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0277.1000264