Caregiver perception of sleep-disordered breathing-associated symptoms in children of rural Andean communities above 4000 masl with chronic exposure to biomass fuel
Highlights • Children residing at high altitudes and exposed to traditional biomass-fueled stoves exhibit extremely high frequency of sleep symptoms. • These symptoms are misperceived by their mothers as being “normal.” • Sleep symptom misperception leads to either delays in diagnosis or failure to...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Sleep medicine 2015-06, Vol.16 (6), p.723-728 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • Children residing at high altitudes and exposed to traditional biomass-fueled stoves exhibit extremely high frequency of sleep symptoms. • These symptoms are misperceived by their mothers as being “normal.” • Sleep symptom misperception leads to either delays in diagnosis or failure to diagnose sleep disorders. |
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ISSN: | 1389-9457 1878-5506 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.536 |