Prescription of antiepileptics and the risk of road traffic crash

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-344

  Orriols, Ludivine ^a,b   Foubert Samier, Alexandra ^a,b   Gadegbeku, Blandine ^c,d,e   Delorme, Bernard ^f   Tricotel, Aurore ^f   Philip, Pierre ^g   Moore, Nicholas ^a   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^e University Lyon   (France)

^f Direction de la communication et de l'information   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptics; Epidemiology; Road traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877850176     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcph.10     Document Type: Article

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