Road traffic accidents and the elderly

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-297

  Abou Raya, Suzan ^a,b   Elmeguid, Leila Abd ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elderly; Preventive strategies; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAR DRIVER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYCLING; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEARING DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; WALKING;

EID: 69249108862     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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