Elderly and driving: Evaluation in a nursing home;Idosos com habilitação para dirigir veículos automotores: Avaliação em um lar abrigado

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 49, Issue 10-12, 2000, Pages 399-404

  Laks, Jerson ^a,b   Munk, Marcia ^c   Pessanha, Marta Rosa ^c   Pinto, Sílvia Patrícia ^c   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Psicologia Clinica da Casa Gerontologica de Aeronautica Brigadeiro Eduarde Gomes (CGABEG)

Author keywords

Driving; Elderly; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 19544377209     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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