Fatigue as Cause of Road Accidents in Urban Areas - A Questionnaire Study;Müdigkeit als Unfallursache im Stadtbereich - Eine Befragung von Unfallbeteiligten

Somnologie

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Ten Thoren, Corinna ^a   Gundel, Alexander ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidents; Fatigue; Microsleep; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0345307178     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-9123.2003.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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