Prolonged nocturnal driving can be as dangerous as severe alcohol-impaired driving

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-588

  Verster, Joris C ^a   Taillard, Jacques ^b   Sagaspe, Patricia ^b,c   Olivier, Berend ^a   Philip, Pierre ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Gustave Eiffel University   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Driver sleepiness; Fatigue; Nocturnal driving; Standard deviation of lateral position; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HAZARD; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED NOCTURNAL DRIVING; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959991862     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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