Blink duration as an indicator of driver sleepiness in professional bus drivers

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 798-802

  Häkkänen, Helinä ^a   Summala, Heikki ^a   Partinen, Markku ^b   Tiihonen, Mikko ^a,b   Silvo, Jouni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Helsinki City EMS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blink duration; CPAP treatment; Driver sleepiness; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 17644443315     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.6.798     Document Type: Article

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