Iatrogenic driving incapacity;IATROGENE FAHRUNFAHIGKEIT

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 584-593

  Beer, J H ^a   Seeger, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HEARING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029866252     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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