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Drivers with shift work sleep disorder 3 times more likely to be in crash

People who work nontraditional work hours, such as 11 p.m.-7 a.m., or the ‘graveyard’ shift, are more likely than people with traditional daytime work schedules to develop a chronic medical condition—shift work sleep disorder—that disrupts their sleep. According to researchers at the University of Missouri, people who develop this condition are also three times more likely to be involved in a vehicle accident.

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