Simulated driving performance coupled with driver behaviour can predict the risk of sleepiness-related car accidents

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 725-726

  Pizza, Fabio ^a,b   Contardi, Sara ^a   Mondini, Susanna ^a   Cirignotta, Fabio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 79960618223     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.140988     Document Type: Letter

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