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- © 2015 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000522
- pmid
- 26340292
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Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Repeated Cross-Sectional Assessment of Commercial Truck Driver Health Matthew S. Thiese, PhD, Gary Moffitt, MD, Richard J. Hanowski, PhD, Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, Richard. J. Porter, PhD, PE, and Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH CMV drivers. The belief that combinations of risk factors increase Objective: To assess relationships and trends over time in individual crash risk was a primary inspiration for the federal Safe, Account- conditions and multiple conditions among a large sample of independent, able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for nonoverlapping truck drivers using a repeated cross-sectional study design. Users (SAFETEA-LU) legislation to revise the process for certify- Methods: Commercial driver medical examinations were conducted on ing medical fitness to drive. Subsequently, there have been many 95,567 commercial drivers between January 1, 2005, and October 31, changes proposed for individual medical conditions, but there has 2012. Specific medical conditions that have been identified by the Federal been just one published guideline for qualifying CMV drivers with Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Medical Review Board as possibly 19,20 multiple medical conditions (Table 1). increasing crash risk were examined. Prevalence and trends over time were Interstate CMV drivers must successfully complete a com- analyzed. Results:
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Sep 1, 2015