A European approach to categorizing medicines for fitness to drive: Outcomes of the DRUID project

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 920-931

  Ravera, Silvia ^a   Monteiro, Susana P ^a   de Gier, Johan Jacob ^a   van der Linden, Trudy ^b,d   Gómez Talegón, Trinidad ^c   Álvarez, F Javier ^c   Pil, Kristof ^b   Verstraete, Alain ^b   Mallaret, Michel ^e   Charles, Mercier Guyon ^e   Isabelle, Mercier Guyon ^e   Heißing, Michael ^f   Touliou, Katerina ^g   Fierro, Inmaculada ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f Bundesanstalt fuer Strassenwesen   (Germany)

^g INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidents; Automobile driving; Drug prescriptions; Drug utilization; Risk assessment; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND MEDICINES CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84867397790     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04279.x     Document Type: Article

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