Epilepsy and driving in Japan

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1630-1635

  Inoue, Yushi ^a   Ito, Masotoshi ^b   Kurihara, Mana ^c   Morimoto, Kiyoshi ^d  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia Oceania; Driving license; Driving regulations; Epilepsy; Japan

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EPILEPSY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 10644271558     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.t01-1-17304.x     Document Type: Review

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