How well do truck drivers sleep in cabin sleeper berths?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 442-446

  Darwent, David ^a   Roach, Greg ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sleep; Sleeper berths; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

COMMERCIAL OPERATION; LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT; LONG-HAUL TRANSPORT; MIXED MODEL ANOVA; OPERATIONAL DEMANDS; SLEEP; SLEEPER BERTHS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; REST; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 80054707973     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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