Sleep disturbances and adverse driving events in a predominantly male cohort of active older drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1878-1884

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a,b   Araujo, Katy L B ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Marottoli, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Drowsiness; Insomnia; Older drivers; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MALE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP APNEA CLINICAL SCORE; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; AGE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 78049364851     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03083.x     Document Type: Article

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