Rationale for broader testing of drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: A Response to hartenbaum and colleagues

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-122

  Platt, Alec B ^a   Gurubhagavatula, Indira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84894206838     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000106     Document Type: Letter

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