Risks endemic to long-haul trucking in North America: Strategies to protect and promote driver well-being

New Solutions

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-81

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a   Lemke, Michael ^b   Sönmez, Sevil ^c  

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

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Excess driver morbidity; Highway safety; Long haul truckers; Prevention and protection strategies; Work environment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84927170114     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.24.1.c     Document Type: Article

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