Diabetes and automobile crashes in the elderly: A population-based case- control study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-227

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,d   Sims, Richard V ^b,c   Pulley, Leavonne ^a   Roseman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; ALABAMA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ODDS RATIO; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0344492694     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.22.2.220     Document Type: Article

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