Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers
BACKGROUND: Loud snoring is a common symptom in the general population. The evidence-based literature indicates that snoring may be associated with sleep fragmentation and sleep apnea, which may affect cognitive function and predispose to occupational injury. High rates of occupational injury occur...
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| author | James A Dosman Louise Hagel Robert Skomro Xiaoqun Sun Andrew G Day William Pickett |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Loud snoring is a common symptom in the general population. The evidence-based literature indicates that snoring may be associated with sleep fragmentation and sleep apnea, which may affect cognitive function and predispose to occupational injury. High rates of occupational injury occur on farms and may be related to personal and health factors. Thus, loud snoring may not be a trivial symptom and should be considered as important in medical assessments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a2d72714fb2e44cead0e87aa68536acf2025-02-03T01:21:28ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412013-01-01201424610.1155/2013/469391Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in FarmersJames A Dosman0Louise Hagel1Robert Skomro2Xiaoqun Sun3Andrew G Day4William Pickett5Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, CanadaCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, CanadaDivision of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaClinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, CanadaClinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Loud snoring is a common symptom in the general population. The evidence-based literature indicates that snoring may be associated with sleep fragmentation and sleep apnea, which may affect cognitive function and predispose to occupational injury. High rates of occupational injury occur on farms and may be related to personal and health factors. Thus, loud snoring may not be a trivial symptom and should be considered as important in medical assessments.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/469391 |
| spellingShingle | James A Dosman Louise Hagel Robert Skomro Xiaoqun Sun Andrew G Day William Pickett Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers |
| title_full | Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers |
| title_fullStr | Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers |
| title_short | Loud Snoring is A Risk Factor for Occupational Injury in Farmers |
| title_sort | loud snoring is a risk factor for occupational injury in farmers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/469391 |
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