Reporting of vestibular patients who are unfit to drive: Survey of Canadian otolaryngologists

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-111

  Sindwani, Raj ^a   Parnes, Lorne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dillman Total Survey Design Method; fitness to drive; patient reporting; physician questionnaire; vestibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DRIVING ABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ALBERTA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030923954     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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