Assessing fitness to drive: Part 2

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 475-477

  Odell, Morris ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HELMET; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEATBELT; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEAT BELTS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 23444456529     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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