Certified medical examiners and screening for obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e19-e22

  Hartenbaum, Natalie P ^a  

^a OccuMedix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; CERTIFICATION; COMPLICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CERTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942565187     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000418     Document Type: Letter

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