Epilepsy and driving in South Australia - An assessment of compulsory notification

Medicine and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-267

  Black, Andrew B ^a   Lai, Nai Y ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031545153     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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