Self-reported traffic accidents and sleepiness in a professional group of Turkish drivers

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 106-110

  Öztürk, Levent ^a   Tufan, Yüksel ^b   Güler, Fazil ^a  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Self reported sleepines; Sleepy driving; Snoring; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT SWEAT; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0036452674     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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