Sleepiness and sleep-related accidents in commercial bus drivers

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-42

  Vennelle, Marjorie ^a,b   Engleman, Heather M ^a   Douglas, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Commercial bus drivers; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SNORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77249097818     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-009-0277-z     Document Type: Article

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