Age, gender and early morning highway accidents

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-110

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidents; Age; Circadian; Driving; Fatigue; Gender; Time of day

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034995580     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2001.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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