Excessive daytime sleepiness, crashes and driving capability

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 329-338

  Mathis, Johannes ^a,d   Seeger, R ^b   Ewert, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Cncl for Accident Prev (bfu)   (Switzerland)

^d Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidents; Crashes; Driving; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Fatigue; Injuries; Prevention; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CATALEPSY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVING ABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; NARCOLEPSY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SHIFT WORKER; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 0344010019     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2003.01411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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