The role of sleep-disordered breathing, daytime sleepiness, and impaired performance in motor vehicle crashes - A case control study

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Kingshott, R N ^a   Cowan, Jan O ^a   Jones, David R ^b   Flannery, Erin M ^a   Smith, Andrew D ^a   Herbison, G Peter ^a   Taylor, D Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

MWT; Performance; Sleep disordered breathing; Sleepiness; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 3543013254     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829636     Document Type: Article

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