Excessive daytime sleepiness among Turkish public transportation drivers: A risk for road traffic accidents?

Acta Medica Mediterranea

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1121-1128

  Ozder, Aclan ^a   Gunay, Ersin ^b   Eker, Hasan Huseyin ^a   Ulasli, Sevinc Saris ^b  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bus driver; EDS; Epworth; OSAS; Public transportation; RTA; STOP BANG

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRIVER; DROWSINESS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURK (PEOPLE);

EID: 84944280050     PISSN: 03936384     EISSN: 22839720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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