Sleepiness while driving and shiftwork patterns among Korean bus drivers
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Sleepiness while driving and shiftwork patterns among Korean bus drivers
BACKGROUND Sleepiness while driving has been regarded as a major cause of death due to traffic accidents. We compared the degree of sleepiness across five different working time periods (first, morning, post-lunch, afternoon, and last) among Korean bus drivers with different shift types (Daily two shift/Alternating day shift). METHOD We interviewed 332 bus drivers with two shift types (Daily ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2052-4374
DOI: 10.1186/s40557-017-0203-y