A new method for assessing the risks of drowsiness while driving

Somnologie

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-74

  Johns, Murray W ^a,b,c   Chapman, Robert ^a   Crowley, Kate ^a,d   Tucker, Andrew ^a  

^a Sleep Diagnostics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Melbourne University ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Drowsiness; Drowsy crashes; Drowsy driving

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 43549114043     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: 1439054X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11818-008-0330-3     Document Type: Article

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