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Pages 143-147 (March 2010)
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Pages 143-147 (March 2010)
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Sleep Medicine and Transport Workers. Medico-Social Aspects with Special Reference to Sleep Apnoea Syndrome
Medicina del sueño y profesionales del transporte. Aspectos médico-sociales con especial referencia al síndrome de apneas del sueño
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Joaquín Terán Santosa,
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, Gabriel Morenob, Daniel O. Rodensteinc
a Unidad de Sueño, Sección de Neumología, Complejo Asistencial de Burgos, Burgos, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes), Spain
b Federación de Comunicación y Transporte de CC.OO., Spain
c Clínica Sant Luc de Lovaina, Brussels, Belgium
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