Work and rest sleep schedules of 227 European truck drivers

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 507-511

  Philip, P ^a,b   Taillard, J ^a   Leger D ^c   Diefenbach, K ^d   Akerstedt, T ^e   Bioulac, B ^a   Guilleminault, C ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Self induced shift; Sleep; Sleepiness; Truck drivers; Work

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REST; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036862981     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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