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Driving
— reducing the risk for the elderly | | Author(s) | Denise Taylor, Gillian Newell |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 27, no 7, July 1997 |
| Pages | pp 46-47 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Accident prevention ; Drugs ; General practitioners. |
| Annotation | As the population ages, so the number of older drivers on the road increases - an age group more at risk of road accidents than younger drivers. Prescribers need to find out which of their elderly patients are still driving, and to prescribe drugs least likely to impair cognition. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970929003 A |
| Classmark | OPF: OQ: LLD: QT6 |
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