Evaluation of the physiological data indicating the dynamic stress level of drivers

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 430-439

  Akbas, Ahmet ^a  

^a YALOVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driving stress of drivers; Dynamic stress level; Electromyography; Heart rate; Respiration rate; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953759614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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