Sleepiness in professional truck drivers measured with an objective alertness test during routine traffic controls

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 881-888

  Peters, Tobias ^a   Grüner, Christel ^b   Durst, Wilhelm ^a   Hütter, Claire ^a   Wilhelm, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Stuttgart Centre for Solar Energy   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS; Fatigue; Police traffic controls; Pupillography; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUPIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUPIL; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919479785     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-014-0929-6     Document Type: Article

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