Use of rest breaks and accidents by professional drivers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 665-668

  Salminen, Simo ^a   Perttula, Pia ^a   Merjama, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

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EID: 31344460364     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.101.2.665-668     Document Type: Article

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