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Sleep deprivation affects airport baggage screeners' ability to detect rare targets
06-11-2007 · EurekAlert!Sleep deprivation can impair the ability of airport baggage screeners to visually search for and detect infrequently occurring or low prevalence targets that may ultimately pose a threat to an airline and its passengers.
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