Predictors of driving safety in early Alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-527

  Dawson, J D ^a,b   Anderson, S W ^b   Uc, E Y ^b,d   Dastrup, E ^a,b   Rizzo, M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IA United States   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; CAR DRIVING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 62149128608     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000341931.35870.49     Document Type: Article

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