Driving and insulin - Consensus, conflict or confusion?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-320

  Flanagan, D E H ^a   Watson, J ^a   Everett, J ^a   Cavan, D ^a   Kerr, David ^a,b  

^a Bournemouth Diabetes and Endocrine Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving; Hypoglycaemia; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVING ABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034069497     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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