Surveying the Impact of Work Hours and Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Sleep

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-113

  Hege, Adam ^a   Perko, Michael ^a   Johnson, Amber ^a   Yu, Chong Ho ^b   Sönmez, Sevil ^a   Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a,c,d  

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

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

commercial drivers; health; long haul truck drivers; sleep; work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DRIVER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84945749389     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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