Sleepiness at the wheel across Europe: A survey of 19 countries

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 242-253

  Gonçalves, Marta ^a,b,c,d   Amici, Roberto ^c   Lucas, Raquel ^d   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^c,e   Cirignotta, Fabio ^c,e   Horne, Jim ^c,e   Léger, Damien ^c,e   Mcnicholas, Walter T ^c,e   Partinen, Markku ^c,e   Téran Santos, Joaquín ^c,e   Peigneux, Philippe ^c   Grote, Ludger ^b,c  

^a Institute Health Sciences of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Assembly of National Sleep Societies Associate Membership Body of the ESRS   (Germany)

^c European Sleep Research Society   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e ESRS 'Sleep and Driving' Expert Panel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driving; Risk factors; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CROATIA; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; DROWSINESS; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ICELAND; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOVENIA; SOMNOLENCE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; CAR DRIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929515354     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12267     Document Type: Article

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