When is sleepiness a disease? How do we measure it?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-311

  Sangal, R Bart ^a  

^a Sleep Disorders Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746968742     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.02.002     Document Type: Editorial

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