Effects of alcohol and sleep restriction on simulated driving performance in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 447-455

  Vakulin, Andrew ^a   Baulk, Stuart D ^b   Catcheside, Peter G ^a   Antic, Nick A ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Cameron J ^c   Dorrian, Jillian ^d   McEvoy, R Doug ^a  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Women's and Children's Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 70349745530     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-7-200910060-00005     Document Type: Article

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