The role of driver sleepiness in car crashes: A systematic review of epidemiological studies

Sleep, Sleepiness and Traffic Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 29-51

  Connor, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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