Impaired driving from medical conditions: A 70-year-old man trying to decide if he should continue driving

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1018-1026

  Rizzo, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FINASTERIDE; RASAGILINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 79952412500     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.252     Document Type: Review

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