Response to Rosalind Cartwright's letter to the Editor

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-333

  Pressman, Mark R ^a,b,c  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Paoli Hospital   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERT WITNESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OPERATOR; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

EID: 34447101796     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2007.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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