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Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Road Traffic Accidents
Joint Authors
Lahti, Tuuli
Partonen, Timo
Sulander, Pekka
Haukka, Jari
Nysten, Esa
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-06-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Circadian rhythm disruptions may have harmful impacts on health.
Circadian rhythm disruptions caused by jet lag compromise the quality and amount of sleep and may lead to a variety of symptoms such as fatigue, headache, and loss of attention and alertness.
Even a minor change in time schedule may cause considerable stress for the body.
Transitions into and out of daylight saving time alter the social and environmental timing twice a year.
According to earlier studies, this change in time-schedule leads to sleep disruption and fragmentation of the circadian rhythm.
Since sleep deprivation decreases motivation, attention, and alertness, transitions into and out of daylight saving time may increase the amount of accidents during the following days after the transition.
We studied the amount of road traffic accidents one week before and one week after transitions into and out of daylight saving time during years from 1981 to 2006.
Our results demonstrated that transitions into and out of daylight saving time did not increase the number of traffic road accidents.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lahti, Tuuli& Nysten, Esa& Haukka, Jari& Sulander, Pekka& Partonen, Timo. 2010. Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Road Traffic Accidents. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lahti, Tuuli…[et al.]. Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Road Traffic Accidents. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lahti, Tuuli& Nysten, Esa& Haukka, Jari& Sulander, Pekka& Partonen, Timo. Daylight Saving Time Transitions and Road Traffic Accidents. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488772
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488772