Determinants of the occupational environment and heavy vehicle crashes in Western Australia: A case–control study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 452-458

  Meuleners, Lynn ^a   Fraser, Michelle L ^a   Govorko, Matthew H ^a   Stevenson, Mark R ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Fatigue; Heavy vehicles; Work environment

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; VEHICLES;

ARTICULATED HEAVY VEHICLE; CRASH RISK; HEAVY VEHICLE; HEAVY VEHICLE CRASHES; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948844272     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.11.023     Document Type: Article

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