The primary care physician and the unsafe older drivers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 556-557

  Boustani, Malaz ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVING ABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FATALITY; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 34250221159     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0132-5     Document Type: Article

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