Fatigue and alertness in the United States railroad industry part I: The nature of the problem

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 211-220

  Sussman, Donald ^a   Coplen, Michael ^b  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerters; Hours of service; Sleep patterns; Split shift; Vigilance; Work rest cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041782591     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(01)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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