Obesity and other risk factors: The National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury

Background Drivers of heavy and tractor‐trailer trucks accounted for 56% of all production and nonsupervisory employees in the truck transportation industry in 2011. There are limited data for illness and injury in long‐haul truck drivers, which prompted a targeted national survey. Methods Interview...

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Published in:	American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 615 - 626
Main Authors:	Sieber, W. Karl, Robinson, Cynthia F., Birdsey, Jan, Chen, Guang X., Hitchcock, Edward M., Lincoln, Jennifer E., Nakata, Akinori, Sweeney, Marie H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2014 Wiley-Liss Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Agricultural equipment Biological and medical sciences Female health Humans Hypercholesterolemia - epidemiology Hypertension Hypertension - epidemiology intervention Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Occupational Health Occupational medicine Prevalence Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Restaurants risk factor Risk Factors Sedentary Behavior Sleep Deprivation - epidemiology Smoking - epidemiology surveillance survey Transportation Transportation industry truck driver Truck drivers Trucking industry Trucks United States - epidemiology work practices Young Adult United States North America America USA Human Obesity Injury Nutrition disorder health Operation Public inquiry Occupational exposure Trauma Vehicle driver Surveillance Lorry Professional practice truck driver work practices Risk factor survey intervention Occupational medicine Nutritional status Public health surveillance risk factor
ISSN:	0271-3586, 1097-0274, 1097-0274
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