Health survey of U.S. long-haul truck drivers: Work environment, physical health, and healthcare access

Work

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-123

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a,b   Sönmez, Sevil ^c   Shattell, Mona M ^d   Gonzales, Clifford ^a   Fehrenbacher, Caitlin ^e  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Long haul truckers; occupational health; trucking work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG-HAUL TRUCKERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRUCKING WORK ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

LONG-HAUL TRUCKERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRUCKING WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FATIGUE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84885465375     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-121553     Document Type: Article

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