Prevalence of risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in interstate bus drivers;Prevalência de fatores de risco para a síndrome da apnéia obstrutiva do sono em motoristas de ônibus interestadual

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-149

  De Assis Viegas, Carlos Alberto ^a,b   De Oliveira, Haroldo Willuweit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Brasília ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attention; Automobile driving; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Risk factors; Sleep apnea, obstructive; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 33745511751     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132006000200010     Document Type: Article

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