Factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea among commercial motor vehicle drivers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-173

  Xie, Wen ^a   Chakrabarty, Sangita ^b   Levine, Robert ^b   Johnson, Roy ^c   Talmage, James B ^d  

^a Saratoga Hospital   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Middle Tennessee Occupational and Environmental Medicine Inc   (United States)

^d Medical Center Boulevard   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 79952183804     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182068ceb     Document Type: Article

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