Anxiety of Alzheimer's disease patients before and after a standardized on-road driving test

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Bhalla, Rishi K ^a   Papandonatos, George D ^b   Stern, Robert A ^c   Ott, Brian R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anxiety; Driving; Road test; Visual analog mood scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TENSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33846134699     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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