Waking up to the risks of online direct-to-consumer advertising of sleep apnea screening tests

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Mackey, Timothy K ^a,b   Liang, Bryan A ^a,c   Lovett, Kimberly M ^a,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84857527551     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1644     Document Type: Editorial

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