Consequences of older adult motor vehicle collisions

Topics in Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Lotfipour, Shahram ^a   Conley, Brian ^b   Vaca, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aged; Automobile driving; Thoracic injuries; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

CAR DRIVING; DRIVING ABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GROWTH RATE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33746613726     PISSN: 01642340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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