Obstructive sleep apnoea and risk of motor vehicle accident: A perspective

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1176, 2003, Pages

  Marshall, Nathaniel S ^a,b   Gander, Philippa H ^a   Neill, Alister M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER LICENCE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RISK; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RISK; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0038690485     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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