Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in North American Commercial Drivers
The most common medical cause of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Specifically, among an estimated 14 million US commercial drivers, 17-28% or 2.4 to 3.9 million are expected to have OSA. Based on existing epidemiologic evidence, most of these drivers are undiagnosed and not adequately treated. Untreated OSA increases the risk of vehicular crashes as document...
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Trauma Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran, 1Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2Department of Occupational Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran, 3Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Correspondence to: Dr. Amir Hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Workplace Health & Safety
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2165-0799,2165-0969
DOI: 10.1177/216507991306101104