Alcohol continues to affect sleepiness related driving impairment, when breath alcohol levels have fallen to near-zero

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 421-423

  Barrett, P R ^a   Horne, J A ^a   Reyner, L A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Driving impairment; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444373848     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.601     Document Type: Article

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