Tiredness! A natural explanation to the grand rapid "DIP"

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-406

  Corfitsen, M Thyge ^a,b  

^a Glostrup Police Department   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; The Grand Rapid Study; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC SURVEYS; VISION;

BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; TIREDNESS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ETHANOL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037401012     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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