Policies and practices of transport companies that promote or hinder the management of driver fatigue

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Arnold, Pauline K ^a   Hartley, Laurence R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driver; Fatigue; Management; Organisations; Policy; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043240771     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(01)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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