Safe driving with diabetes: Risks, reality and responsibilities

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 262-

  Shaw, Ken ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 58049096019     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1268     Document Type: Editorial

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