Does sleep deprivation impair cognitive and motor performance as much as alcohol intoxication?

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 180-181

  Kuo, A A ^a   Parker, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAFETY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REACTION TIME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0035085513     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.174.3.180     Document Type: Note

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