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Title: |
Sleep, Sleepiness & Traffic Safety |
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| Edited by: |
Joris C Verster, Charles F P Georges |
| ISBN10-13: |
1617289434 : 9781617289439 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & b/w illus |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
251 |
| Weight: |
.666 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2011 |
| List Price: |
292.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Transport planning & policy |
| Public health is now considering road safety as a major factor to improve morbidity and mortality but the health community is poorly educated regarding this issue. The World Health Organization dedicated the 2004 World Health Day to road safety. Since then, various campaigns around the world have been launched to reduce the number of traffic accidents and death, and several projects we initiated to improve traffic safety. Sleepiness at the wheel is an important cause of traffic accidents. This book discusses the causes and consequences of driver sleepiness in a systematic manner. Experts in the field of traffic safety and sleep research have contributed to this book. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Sleep, Sleepiness, & Traffic Accidents -- An Introduction; Transport, Sleepiness & Sleep Restriction: a Major Public Health Issue; The Role of Driver Sleepiness in Car Crashes: a Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies; Characteristics of Sleep-Related Car Incidents; Psychophysiological Characteristics of Driver Fatigue; Brain Activity During Sleepy Driving; Insomnia & Traffic Safety; Sleep Apnea & Traffic Safety; Narcolepsy & Traffic Safety; Shift-Work & Traffic Safety; Long-Haul Truck Driving & Traffic Safety: Studying Drowsiness & Truck Driving Safety Using a Naturalistic Driving Method; Sleepiness, Alcohol & Traffic Safety; Driver Sleepiness Countermeasures; Mobile Societies, automobility & Public Policy: Emerging Issues in the Context of Driver Health & Society; Index. |
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