Relation between traffic accidents and sleep apnea syndrome in truck drivers;Kamyon sürücülerinde trafik kazasi ve uyku apne sendromu semptomlari arasindaki ilişki

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-284

  Fidan, Fatma ^a,b   Ünlü, Mehmet ^a,b   Sezer, Murat ^a,b   Kara, Ziya ^a,b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (osas); Snoring; Truck driver

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRIVER; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TURKEY;

EID: 34548707597     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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