Psychotropic medications and motor vehicle collisions in patients with dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1968-1970

  Rapoport, Mark J ^a,b   Herrmann, Nathan ^a,b   Molnar, Frank ^c   Rochon, Paula A ^a,d,e   Juurlink, David N ^b,d   Zagorski, Brandon ^d   Seitz, Dallas ^f   Morris, John C ^g   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b,d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 53149096993     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01903.x     Document Type: Letter

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