Police referral of drivers to the Maryland motor vehicle administration's medical advisory board

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 53rd Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-116

  Soderstrom, Carl A ^a   Scottino, Mary Anne ^a   Joyce, John J ^a   Burch, Cynthia ^b   Ho, Shiu M ^b   Kerns, Timothy J ^b  

^a Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY BOARDS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRIVER AGE; GENERAL POPULATION; LICENSED DRIVERS; LICENSING AGENCY; MARYLAND; MEDICAL CONDITIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OLDER DRIVERS; TRAFFIC VIOLATION;

LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICINE; MOTORS; TECHNICAL WRITING; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GOVERNING BOARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749110048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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