@article{ref1,
title="Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data",
journal="Health promotion journal of Australia",
year="2005",
author="Meuleners, Lynn B. and Lee, Andy H. and Legge, Matthew and Cercarelli, L. Rina",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="37-40",
abstract="ISSUE ADDRESSED: This retrospective study investigated the health conditions of a cohort of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia. METHODS: Hospital separation records of heavy vehicle drivers admitted to hospital as a result of a road crash between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2000 in Western Australia were analysed. Heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash were first identified using the Western Australian Road Injury Database before linking to their hospital records. All hospital admissions for each driver admitted to hospital for a crash at least once during the study period were subsequently retrieved from the Health Services Linked Database. RESULTS: There were 146 heavy vehicle drivers in the cohort. A total of 964 distinct in-patient episodes (the collection of all hospital admissions for a single event) were recorded for these drivers, with a minimum of one and a maximum of 84 hospital in-patient episodes per driver. The mean number of in-patient episodes for each driver was seven (SD=8.44), including an in-patient episode for a heavy vehicle crash. CONCLUSION: The evidence presented for the cohort of heavy vehicle drivers hospitalised as a result of road crash confirms that these drivers are characterised with health conditions such as musculoskeletal problems and digestive disorders.",
language="",
issn="1036-1073",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}