Impaired vigilance and increased accident rate in public transport operators is associated with sleep disorders

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-214

  Karimi, Mahssa ^a   Eder, Derek N ^a   Eskandari, Davoud ^a   Zou, Ding ^a   Hedner, Jan A ^a   Grote, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Daytime sleepiness; Driver; Neurocognitive function; Sleep Apnea; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ATTENTION; DAYTIME SLEEPINESS; DRIVER; NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; SLEEP APNEA; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871784549     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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