Elevated Risk of Sleepiness-Related Motor Vehicle Accidents in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Case-Control Study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 470-476

  Basoglu, Ozen K ^a   Tasbakan, Mehmet Sezai ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

accident risk; automobile crash; driving; excessive daytime sleepiness; motor vehicle accident; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84897043351     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.830213     Document Type: Article

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