Seizure-related motor vehicle crashes in Arizona before and after reducing the driving restriction from 12 to 3 months

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 819-825

  Drazkowski, Joseph F ^a   Fisher, Robert S ^d   Sirven, Joseph I ^a   Demaerschalk, Bart M ^a   Uber Zak, Lori ^c   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Labiner, David ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEIZURE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037494898     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.7.819     Document Type: Article

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