This paper reviews the effects of shift work and finds strong, acute effects on sleep and
alertness in relation to night and morning work. The effects seem, however, to linger and …

Night work causes severe sleepiness, reduced performance and increased accident risks.
This paper reviews possible countermeasures against sleepiness and finds that short (30 …

Background Patients with chronic insomnia are more likely to develop affective disorders,
cardiac morbidity, and other adverse health outcomes, yet many clinicians tend to trivialize …

To investigate the association between sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) and automobile
accidents, and to evaluate potential underlying mechanisms, we prospectively recruited 60 …

Performance decrements after more than 24 hours of sleep deprivation (SD) are not only a
monotonic function of the duration of SD, but are the result of an interaction between SD and …

Study objective Determine the utility of nocturnal oximetry as a screening tool for sleep
apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) compared with polysomnography (PSG). Design Cost …

Summarizes the pharmacology of the non-benzodiazepine hypnotic, zolpidem, and its
interaction with gamma aminobutyric acid A receptors in the central nervous system. Topics …

This study examines beliefs about manhood and the health effects of these beliefs among
young men within the American population. It utilizes data from two stratified, random, and …

A three-dimensional numerical modeling of airflow in the human pharynx using an
anatomically accurate model was conducted. The pharynx walls were assumed to be …

On the hypothesis that sleepiness and alcohol interact to increase the risk of alcohol-related
traffic fatalities, the percentages of alcohol-related fatal traffic crashes were assessed for the …