Driving and diabetes: New licensing standards by European Union directive

Practical Diabetes

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 375-376

  Shaw, Ken ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LAW; RESPONSIBILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84863613532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1638     Document Type: Article

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