The prevalence of sleep related disorders among the drivers and it's relation with traffic accidents;Sürücülerde uyku ile ilgili hastaliklarin prevalansi ve trafik kazalari ile ilişkisi

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-321

  Doǧan, Ömer Tamer ^a   Dal, Uǧur ^a   Özşahin, Sefa Levent ^a   Akkurt, Ibrahim ^a   Seyfikli, Zehra ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driver; Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS); Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGED; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TURKEY;

EID: 33847017378     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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