Psychiatric guidelines for licensing drivers

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-173

  Iancu, I ^a   Spivak, B ^b,c   Wiener, A ^d   Weizman, A ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0030007544     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jrs-1996-8204     Document Type: Article

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