New rules on driver licensing for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: EU Directive 2014/85/EU
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New rules on driver licensing for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: EU Directive 2014/85/EU.
Affiliations: DiBiMIS, University of Palermo and Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy. Pneumologie und Allergologie Zentrum für Schlaf – und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien, Solingen, Germany. Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. European Lung Foundation Chair. Medical School, Athens ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01894-2015