Risk factors for automobile accidents caused by falling asleep while driving in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1229-1234

  Arita, Aki ^a   Sasanabe, Ryujiro ^a   Hasegawa, Rika ^a   Nomura, Atsuhiko ^a   Hori, Reiko ^a   Mano, Mamiko ^a   Konishi, Noriyuki ^a   Shiomi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobile accidents; Epworth sleepiness sale; Falling asleep; Obstructive sleep apnea; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949108548     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-015-1145-7     Document Type: Article

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