Syncope: Driving advice is frequently overlooked

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 851, 1996, Pages 561-563

  MacMahon, M ^a   O'Neill, D ^b   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Driving; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029792372     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.851.561     Document Type: Article

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