Health assessment of commercial drivers: A meta-narrative systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Abu Dabrh, Abd Moain ^a   Firwana, Belal ^a,b   Cowl, Clayton T ^a   Steinkraus, Lawrence W ^a   Prokop, Larry J ^a   Murad, Mohammad Hassan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ALCOHOL ABUSE; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY MASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVER; DRUG MISUSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NARRATIVE; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAR DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; SAFETY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SAFETY; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84897505923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003434     Document Type: Review

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