Sleep disturbances and driving practices of older drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1730-1737

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a,b   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Araujo, Katy L B ^a   Iannone, Lynne P ^a,b   Marottoli, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

daytime drowsiness; insomnia; older drivers; sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

DAYTIME DROWSINESS; INSOMNIA; OLDER DRIVERS; SLEEP APNEA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84885657818     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12454     Document Type: Article

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