Clinical Action against Drunk Driving

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In advance of a safety campaign on 17 March 2017, Donald Redelmeier and Allan Detsky call on physicians and clinical colleagues to reduce the chances that patients will drive drunk.

Vyšlo v časopise: Clinical Action against Drunk Driving. PLoS Med 14(2): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002231
Kategorie: Perspective
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Souhrn

In advance of a safety campaign on 17 March 2017, Donald Redelmeier and Allan Detsky call on physicians and clinical colleagues to reduce the chances that patients will drive drunk.

Zdroje

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