Driving cessation in patients attending a memory clinic

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-368

  Talbot, Ana ^a   Bruce, Irene ^b   Cunningham, Conal J ^b   Coen, Robert F ^b   Lawlor, Brian A ^b   Coakley, Davis ^b   Walsh, J B ^b   O'Neill, Desmond ^c  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aged; Automobile driving; Cognitive disorders; Dementia; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CAREGIVER; CITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGED; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26944472479     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi090     Document Type: Article

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