Short daytime naps in a car seat to counteract daytime sleepiness: The effect of backrest angle

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-41

  Hayashi, Mitsuo ^a   Abe, Akiko ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Human Science Research Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backrest angle; Short nap; Sleepiness; Vehicle accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DROWSINESS; ERGONOMICS; EYE MOVEMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEAT; SLEEP TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 39849084993     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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