Case report: Obstructive sleep apnea - An air safety risk

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1139-1143

  Panton, Susanne ^a,b   Norup, P W ^a   Videbaek R ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Civil Aviation Administration   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030784676     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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