Forty- Versus 20-minute trials of the maintenance of wakefulness test regimen for licensing of drivers

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Arzi, Limor ^a   Shreter, Roni ^a   El Ad, Baruch ^a   Peled, Ron ^a   Pillar, Giora ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT); Motivation; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER LICENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAINTENANCE OF WAKEFULNESS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 61449199495     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27393     Document Type: Article

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