Vol. 7 (12) pp. 1000-1007 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10245

PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME AMONG ADULT MALES IN WESTERN REGION POPULATION IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

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  • Assistant Professor and Consultant Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty Of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University
  • Medical intern, Ibn Sina National College, KSA (postal address: jeddah, Al-Thaghr neighborhood., 22338
  • MD, Saudi Board Program. Medical Resident R4 IMC, Jeddah, KSA
  • Medical students, MBBS, Batterjee Medical College, KSA
  • General Practitioners Doctors, Jeddah , KSA
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Manal Abdulaziz Murad, Hoda Jehad Abou sada, Mohammed Mohsen Algailani, Yara Mohammed Akbar, Sumayah Faraj Al Mowallad, Rami Jameel Boujbarah, Turki Mohammed Alqarni, Aseel Mohammed Sallam, Jumana Ahmed Alghamdi, Omar Abdulrahman Althobaiti, Sewar Abdulrahim Almirabi, Abdalaziz Awad Almarwani, Yara Salah Menshawi and Wafaa Ahmed Alkaf (2019); PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME AMONG ADULT MALES IN WESTERN REGION POPULATION IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 7 (12), 1000-1007, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10245

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Hoda Jehad Abou sada
Medical intern, Ibn Sina National College, KSA (postal address: jeddah, Al-Thaghr neighborhood., 22338
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