Guidelines for the fitness to drive assessment in people with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (osas) and narcolepsy;Linee guida per l'accertamento dell'idoneità alla guida in soggetti affetti da Sindrome delle apnee ostruttive del sonno (OSAS) e Narcolessia

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 199-202

  Garbarino, S ^a   Bonanni, E ^a   Ingravallo, F ^a,b   Mondini, S ^a   Plazzi, G ^a   Sanna, A ^a  

^a AIMS ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Fitness to drive; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NARCOLEPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; NARCOLEPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84866934285     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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