Reporting epileptic drivers to licensing authorities is unnecessary and counterproductive

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 656-659

  Lee, Wally ^a   Wolfe, Tim ^a   Shreeve, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVING ABILITY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LICENSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036273001     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.121520     Document Type: Article

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