Urban Bus Drivers' Sleep Problems and Crash Accidents

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-273

  Razmpa, Ebrahim ^a   Niat, Khosro Sadegh ^a   Saedi, Babak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apnea syndrome; Driver; Road accident; Sleep deprivation; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960452182     PISSN: 22313796     EISSN: 09737707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0235-5     Document Type: Article

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