Commentary: Get safe … get sleep!

References 

1. National Sleep Foundation. 2002 Sleep in America Poll [National Sleep Foundation Web site]. Available at: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/img/2002SleepInAmericaPoll.pdf. Accessed June 6, 2005.
2. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration . Evaluation of Techniques for Ocular Measurement as an Index of Fatigue and the Basis for Alertness Management. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; April 1998;DOT HS 808 752
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4. US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Drowsy driving and automobile crashes [National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Web site]. Available at: http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/drowsy_driving1/Drowsy.html. Accessed June 6, 2005.
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