Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome as a cause of road traffic accidents;Síndroma de apneia obstrutiva do sono como causa de acidentes de viação

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-431

  Aguiar, Margarida ^a   Valenca J ^a   Felizardo, M ^a   Caeiro, F ^a   Moreira, S ^a   Staats, R ^a   Bugalho De Almeida, A A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

FOSQ test; OSAS; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE DURATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 68949208479     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5115(09)70121-6     Document Type: Article

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