Sleepiness and human behavior

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 488-491

  Mitler, Merill M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JURISPRUDENCE; NARCOLEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; NARCOLEPSY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0030276195     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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