Urban Bus Drivers’ Sleep Problems and Crash Accidents
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A Model of Bus Drivers’ Diseases: Risk Factors and Bus Accidents
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bus accident is a major health problem for bus drivers. to identify the risk factors involved in bus accidents and to design a model showing the relation between the risk factors and bus driver’s health status, 219 bus drivers who worked for travel agencies in two areas of west and central iran were enrolled into this study. we used a questionnaire to gather information regarding both the bus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2231-3796,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0235-5