Preventing drowsiness accidents by an alertness maintenance device

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Verwey, Willem B ^a   Zaidel, David M ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SLEEP RESEARCH; STEERING;

ALERTNESS MAINTENANCE DEVICE; DROWSINESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP STAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0032587481     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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