Paying attention to at-risk commercial vehicle operators

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 637-639

  Collop, Nancy ^a,b,f   Hartenbaum, Natalie ^a,c,d   Rosen, Ilene ^a,d   Phillips, Barbara ^a,e  

^a Johns Hopkins University ^*

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

^c OccuMedix Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33748867733     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.3.637     Document Type: Editorial

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