Early evening low alcohol intake also worsens sleepiness-related driving impairment

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-290

  Barrett, Pauline R ^a   Horne, James A ^a   Reyner, Louise A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Circadian rhythm; Driving; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NIGHT; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 21044446105     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.691     Document Type: Article

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