Driving and obstructive sleep apnoea

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-483

  Stradling, John ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DECISION MAKING; DRIVING ABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 45149103036     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.090860     Document Type: Editorial

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