Black times: Temporal determinants of transport safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 417-430

  Folkard, Simon ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Injuries; Shift duration; Shiftwork; Time of day; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SLEEP; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; CAUSALITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; RISK; SAFETY; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031173039     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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