Sleep-deprived motor vehicle operators are unfit to drive: A multidisciplinary expert consensus statement on drowsy driving

Sleep Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 94-99

  Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b   Wickwire, Emerson M ^c   Barger, Laura K ^a,b   Dement, William C ^d   Gamble, Karen ^e   Hartenbaum, Natalie ^f   Ohayon, Maurice M ^d   Pelayo, Rafael ^g   Phillips, Barbara ^h   Strohl, Kingman ⁱ   Tefft, Brian ^j   Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^k,l   Malhotra, Raman ^m,n   Whiton, Kaitlyn ^o   Hirshkowitz, Max ^d,p  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f OccuMedix Inc   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^j AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety   (United States)

^k MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^m SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o National Sleep Foundation   (United States)

^p BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accident; Circadian; Crash; Definition; Drowsy driving; Fatigue; Impaired driving; Sleep deficiency; Sleep need; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84969592879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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