Sleep apnea and commercial motor vehicle operators: Statement from the Joint Task Force of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 902-905

  Hartenbaum, Natalie ^a   Collop, Nancy ^b   Rosen, Ilene M ^c   Phillips, Barbara ^d   George, Charles F P ^e,f   Rowley, James A ^g   Freedman, Neil ^h   Weaver, Terri E ⁱ   Gurubhagavatula, Indira ^j   Strohl, Kingman ^k   Leaman, Howard M ^l   Moffitt, Gary L ^m  

^a OccuMedix Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute and Pulmonary Physicians of the North Shore   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^j HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^m Arkansas Occupational Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Commercial drivers; Continuous positive airway pressure; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

DRIVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33748859628     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.3.902     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Hartenbaum N, Collop N, Rosen I, et al. Sleep apnea and commercial motor vehicle operators: statement from the joint task force of the American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation. J Occup Environ Med 2006 (in press)