Physicians' warnings for unfit drivers and the risk of trauma from road crashes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1228-1236

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c,d,e   Yarnell, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Thiruchelvam, Deva ^b,c   Tibshirani, Robert J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Centre for Leading Injury Prevention Practice Education and Research   (Canada)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84866753017     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1114310     Document Type: Article

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