The MSLT and MWT should not be used for the assessment of workplace safety

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-131

  Bonnet, Michael H ^a,b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NARCOLEPSY; PEER REVIEW; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDITY;

EID: 33745132177     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.26505     Document Type: Review

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