Sleep disorders and driving licence: The current Italian legislation and medico-legal issues

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e368-e372

  Masullo, A ^a   Feola, Alessandro ^a   Marino, V ^b   Iadevaia, C ^a   Trabucco Aurilio, M ^a   Marsella, L T ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Driving licence; Medico legal evaluation; Narcolepsy; OSAS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DRIVER LICENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NARCOLEPSY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CAR DRIVING; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ITALY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ITALY; NARCOLEPSY; POLICY MAKING; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84919775490     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7417/CT.2014.1766     Document Type: Article

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