How well do train driver's sleep in relay vans?

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-104

  Lamond, Nicole ^a   Darwent, David ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Relay vans; Sleep duration; Sleep quality; Timing; Train drivers'

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP TIME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RAILROADS; SELF EFFICACY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 13844310317     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.98     Document Type: Article

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