Sleep-disordered breathing, hypertension, and obesity in retired national football league players

Felipe N. Albuquerque; Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi; Andrew D. Calvin; Justo Sierra-Johnson; Abel Romero-Corral; Francisco Lopez-Jimenez; Charles F. George; David M. Rapoport; Robert A. Vogel; Bijoy Khandheria; Martin E. Goldman; Arthur Roberts; Virend K. Somers

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.099

Sleep-disordered breathing, hypertension, and obesity in retired national football league players

Felipe N. Albuquerque, Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi, Andrew D. Calvin, Justo Sierra-Johnson, Abel Romero-Corral, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Charles F. George, David M. Rapoport, Robert A. Vogel, Bijoy Khandheria, Martin E. Goldman, Arthur Roberts, Virend K. Somers

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1432-1433
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume	56
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.099
State	Published - 19 Oct 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Albuquerque, F. N., Sert Kuniyoshi, F. H., Calvin, A. D., Sierra-Johnson, J., Romero-Corral, A., Lopez-Jimenez, F., George, C. F., Rapoport, D. M., Vogel, R. A., Khandheria, B., Goldman, M. E., Roberts, A., & Somers, V. K. (2010). Sleep-disordered breathing, hypertension, and obesity in retired national football league players. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 56(17), 1432-1433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.099

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