FMCSA's medical review board: Five years of progress in commercial driver medical examinations

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-430

  Hegmann, Kurt T ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^b   Greenberg, Michael I ^c   Phillips, Barbara ^d   Rizzo, Matthew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; NARCOLEPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; RISK; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859640219     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182480535     Document Type: Article

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