Impact of mandatory physician reporting on accident risk in epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1500-1505

  McLachlan, Richard S ^a,d   Starreveld, Elout ^b   Lee, Mary Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Driving; Epilepsy; Law; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 34547837516     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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