Fatigue and alertness in the United States railroad industry part II: Fatigue research in the Office of Research and Development at the Federal Railroad Administration

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-228

  Coplen, Michael ^a   Sussman, Donald ^b  

^a FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Fatigue; Railroad; Shift work; Work schedules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042283563     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(01)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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