BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to summarize bladder cancer risk in motor vehicle drivers and railroad workers using meta-analysis techniques. METHODS We retrieved all published results (3 cohort studies and 27 case-control studies) during 1977-2008. We assessed the heterogeneity of the results assuming a fixed-effect model. For cohort studies, the observed and the expected number of case...

Truck-involved crashes have higher crash severity than non-truck-involved crashes. There have been many studies about the frequency of crashes and the development of severity models, but those studies only analyzed the relationship between observed variables. To identify why more people are injured or killed when trucks are involved in the crash, we must examine to quantify the complex causal r...

PURPOSE Accurate data about sleepiness in professional drivers at the wheel are rare because it is difficult to perform objective and reliable sleepiness tests in the field. In this pilot study, we investigate the practicability, robustness and viability of the pupillographic sleepiness test (PST, F2D by Amtech GmbH, Germany) during routine police controls. PST analyses and quantifies the so-ca...

BACKGROUND Due to their job nature, cross-border truck drivers working between Hong Kong and China are exposed to many health risks. The aim of this study was to find out the impact of their occupation on their psychological health and sexual dysfunction and to assess their sexual risk behaviors. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 193 male cross-border truck drivers was conducted in 2004 usi...

OBJECTIVES The following study analyses the influence of risk factors among the occupational group of truck drivers on postural control and body mass index (BMI). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING One motorway station close to several highways in Germany. PARTICIPANTS 180 truck drivers (177 male/3 female), aged 21-65 years old, took part in this study. OUTCOME MEASURES Postural contro...

BACKGROUND The high prevalence of obesity among commercial truck drivers may be related to sedentary nature of the job, lack of healthy eating choices, and lack of exercise. There may be a link between obesity and crash risk, therefore an intervention to reduce obesity in this population is needed. OBJECTIVE To assess feasibility of a 12-week weight loss intervention for truck drivers with a ...

Staying awake means staying alive. This is a slogan used to describe a research study on sleep apnea sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The research project addressed the prevalence of sleep apnea among commercial truck drivers, potential risk factors, and its impact...

The aim of this study was to summarise the scientific evidence on the prevalence of psychoactive substance use and on the factors associated with their intake among truck drivers. A systematic review was performed in the databases PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences, and Cochrane and 36 cross-sectional studies were identified with quantitat...

FOREWORD In this study sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, noise levels, whole-body vibration from the driver and passenger seats, and the in-cab air quality of heavy-duty diesel trucks were measured while the vehicles were parked with the engine idling at a truck stop rest area and while they were driven over a prescribed route. The air quality was determined by measu...