Fits and other causes of loss of consciousness while driving

QJM

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1986, Pages 295-303

  Parsons, Malcolm ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEIZURE; SLEEP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEIZURES; SLEEP; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0022675318     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a067959     Document Type: Article

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