The psychosocial environment of commercial driving: Morbidities, hazards, and productivity of truck and bus drivers

Handbook of Stress in the Occupations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 431-447

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a   Peachey, Andrew A ^b   Sönmez, Sevil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885442447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857931153.00055     Document Type: Chapter

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