Are medical reports on fitness to drive trustworthy?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 927, 2003, Pages 52-54

  Steier, T S ^a,b   Kitai, E ^a,b   Wiener, A ^c   Kahan, E ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Maccabi Sick Fund   (Israel)

^c Medical Institute of Road Safety ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LICENSURE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037283541     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.927.52     Document Type: Article

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