Crashes and violations among drivers with Alzheimer disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Trobe, Jonathan D ^a   Waller, Patricia F ^c   Cook Flannagan, Carol A ^c   Teshima, Susan M ^c   Bieliauskas, Linas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029949265     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550050033021     Document Type: Article

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