The heavy vehicle study: A case-control study investigating risk factors for crash in long distance heavy vehicle drivers in Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stevenson, Mark ^a   Sharwood, Lisa N ^a   Wong, Keith ^b   Elkington, Jane ^a   Meuleners, Lynn ^c   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Grunstein, Ron R ^b   Williamson, Ann ^d   Haworth, Narelle ^e   Norton, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77951608457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-162     Document Type: Article

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