The MSLT/MWT should be used for the assessment of workplace safety

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-127

  Arand, Donna L ^a,b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kettering Sleep Disorders Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NARCOLEPSY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; VALIDITY;

EID: 33745175227     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.26504     Document Type: Review

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