Naps and drugs to combat fatigue and sleepiness

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 856-857

  Guilleminault, Christian ^a,b   Ramar, Kannan ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; MODAFINIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; COFFEE; NOTE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

CAFFEINE; COFFEE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33744987699     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-11-200606060-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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