Public health and medicolegal implications of sleep apnoea

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1594-1609

  McNicholas, W T ^a   Krieger, J ^b   Levy, P ^b   De Backer, W ^b   Douglas, N ^b   Marrone, O ^b   Montserrat, J ^b   Peter, J H ^b   Rodenstein, D ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0036900509     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00404502     Document Type: Article

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