Self-reported automobile accidents involving patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1254-1257

  Wu, Han ^a   Yan Go, Frisca ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029953121     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1254     Document Type: Article

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