Work and rest in the long-distance road transport industry in australia

Work and Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 198-205

  Feyer, Anne Marie ^a   Williamson, Ann M ^a  

^a National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving; Fatigue; Mood; Rest breaks; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REST; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0029549559     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379508256554     Document Type: Article

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