Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1012-1015 , October 2009

Snoring men with daytime sleepiness drive more than others: A population-based study

  • Fredrik Valham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital, SE-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Marie Eriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Birgitta Stegmayr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Karl A. Franklin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital, SE-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 907850000; fax: +46 90773817.

Received 17 April 2008 ,Revised 24 August 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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PII: S1389-9457(09)00008-2

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.09.020

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1012-1015 , October 2009

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