Antimony and sleep-related disorders: NHANES 2005-2008.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimony is used as a flame-retardant in textiles and plastics, in semiconductors, pewter, and as pigments in paints, lacquers, glass and pottery. Subacute or chronic antimony poisoning has been reported to cause sleeplessness. The prevalence of short sleep duration (<7h/night) has been reported to be 37.1% in the general US population, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 12-28 million US adults. Insufficient sleep and OSA have been linked to the development of several chronic conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and depression, conditions that pose serious public health threats.

Objective

To investigate whether there is an association between antimony exposure and sleep-related disorders in the US adult population using the Nationa

SUBMITTER: Scinicariello F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5685481 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature