Motor vehicle crashes in diabetic patients with tight glycemic control: A population-based case control analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c,d   Kenshole, Anne B ^a,e   Ray, Joel G ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74049125332     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000192     Document Type: Article

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