At-fault motor vehicle crash risk in elderly patients treated with antidepressants

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 998-1006

  Rapoport, Mark J ^a,b   Zagorski, Brandon ^d   Seitz, Dallas ^a   Herrmann, Nathan ^a,b   Molnar, Frank ^c   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; antidepressants; elderly; motor vehicle collisions; traffic

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRIVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 82255183219     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820d93f9     Document Type: Article

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