Prevalence of sleepiness in a group of Brazilian lorry drivers

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 925-929

  Canani, S F ^a   John, A B ^a   Raymundi, M G ^b   Schonwald S ^a   Menna Barreto, S S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accident; Epworth; Lorry drivers; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

SLEEP;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 24344465338     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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