Sleep apnea and automobile crashes

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 790-795

  George, Charles F P ^a,c   Smiley, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Human Factors North Inc   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0033568022     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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