Medical screening of older drivers as a traffic safety measure - A comparative Finnish-Swedish evaluation study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 650-653

  Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^a   Johansson, Kurt ^b   Lundberg, Catarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTION; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029994765     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01826.x     Document Type: Article

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