Cognition and driving in older persons

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue JANUARY, 2011, Pages

  Wagner, Jan T ^a   Müri, René M ^a,b   Nef, Tobias ^b   Mosimann, Urs P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dementia; Driving; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 79955768640     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13136     Document Type: Review

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