The occupational risk of motor vehicle collisions for emergency medicine residents

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1050-1053

  Steele, Mark T ^a   Ma, O John ^a   Watson, William A ^a,b   Thomas Jr , Harold A ^c   Muelleman, Robert L ^a,d  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Emergency medicine residents; Fatigue; Occupational risk; Psychomotor performance; Sleep deprivation; Traffic accidents; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0032852257     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01191.x     Document Type: Article

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