Drivers with obstructive sleep apnea as potential authors of car accidents;Kierowcy chorzy na obturacyjny bezdech podczas snu (OBPS) jako potencjalni sprawcy wypadków komunikacyjnych

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 691-696

  Przybyłowski, Tadeusz ^a   Korczyński, Piotr ^a   Broczek, Katarzyna ^a   Rzadkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Bielicki, Piotr ^a   Zimnoch, Prezemysław ^a   Droszcz, Wacław ^a  

^a Kat i Klinika Chorob W   (Poland)

Author keywords

Car accidents; Obstructive sleep apnea; Somnolence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0033170912     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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