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Which treatments are effective in preventing motor vehicle accidents in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?

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A Sleep Breathing Physiology and Disorders • Letter to the Editors to this article was published on 06 March 2023

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  1. Department of Sleep Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 7348533, Japan

    Hajime Kumagai, Hiroko Tsuda & Toshiaki Shiomi

  2. Sleep Disorders Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hajime Kumagai & Toshiaki Shiomi

  3. Department of General Dentistry, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hiroko Tsuda

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Conceptualization: H.K. and T.S.; writing—original draft preparation: H.K.; writing—review and editing: H.K., H.T., and T.S.; supervision: T.S.

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Correspondence to Hajime Kumagai.

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HK, HT, and TS are affiliated with the contributing department of Sleep Medicine of Fukuyama Express Co. The authors declare no competing interests directly relevant to the contents of this article.

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Kumagai, H., Tsuda, H. & Shiomi, T. Which treatments are effective in preventing motor vehicle accidents in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?. Sleep Breath 27, 1941–1942 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-023-02804-5

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