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New medical standards for commercial and private vehicle drivers

Bruce Hocking and Fiona Landgren
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05544.x
Published online: 15 September 2003

The new guidelines should be useful to all medical practitioners and fair to patients


  • 1 National Road Transport Commission, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Communicating for Health, Richmond, VIC.


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