On the road for a single and reliable objective assessment of sleepiness

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1323-

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRIVER LICENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84867040535     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.2104     Document Type: Letter

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