Fatigue and beyond: Patterns of and motivations for illicit drug use among long-haul truck drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Davey, Jeremy ^a   Richards, Naomi ^a   Freeman, James ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Drug Use Career; Fatigue; Illicit Drug Use; Truck Drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; DRUG ABUSE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; QUEENSLAND; TRANSPORTATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34548066889     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580601186034     Document Type: Article

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