Exploring knowledge and attitudes of taxi drivers with regard to obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1321, 2010, Pages

  Firestone, Ridvan T ^a   Gander, Philippa H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; DECEPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECEPTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77956319441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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