The prevalence of snoring and sleep apnoea symptoms reported by adult patients in Johannesburg urban general practice.
The prevalence of Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has never to date been researched in South Africa. OSA is characterized by recurrent pharyngeal airway collapse during sleep, snoring and daytime sleepiness. It is diagnosed in 4% of men and 2% of women between the ages o f 30 and 60 in the USA, an...
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| Language: | en |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net10539/14347 |