Epileptic drivers - A study of 1,089 patients

Medicine and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 295-306

  Beaussart, M ^a   Beaussart Defaye, J ^a   Lamiaux, J M ^a   Grubar, J C ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031545532     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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