Medico-legal implications of sleep apnoea syndrome: Driving license regulations in Europe

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-375

  Alonderis, A ^a   Barbe F ^b   Bonsignore, M ^c   Calverley, P ^d   De Backer, W ^e   Diefenbach, K ^f   Donic, V ^g   Fanfulla, F ^h   Fietze, I ^f   Franklin, K ⁱ   Grote, L ^j   Hedner, J ^k   Jennum, P ^l   Krieger, J ^m   Levy, P ⁿ   McNicholas, W ^o   Montserrat, J ^p   Parati, G ^q   Pascu, M ^r   Penzel, T ^f   Riha, R ^s   Rodenstein, D ^t   Sanna, A ^u   Schulz, R ^v   Sforza, E ^w   Sliwinski, P ^x   Tomori, Z ^g   Tonnesen, P ^y   Varoneckas, G ^a   Zielinski, J ^x   Kostelidou, K ^r   more..

^a Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation   (Lithuania)

^b HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^h Scientific Institute of Montescano   (Italy)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

ⁿ GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^o ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^q Ospedale San Luca   (Italy)

^r Science Officer for Telecommunications and IST   (Belgium)

^s ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^t CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^u Azienda USL3 di Pistoia and Sleepiness   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^w GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^x NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^y GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Driving license regulations; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DENMARK; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MALTA; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NARCOLEPSY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; EUROPE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 43649096682     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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