Excessive daytime sleepiness and the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: A major public health problem?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-66

  Douglas, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Road traffic accidents; Sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0035020778     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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