The performance of senior drivers in difficult driving situations;La performance des automobilistes ages dans les situations de conduite difficile

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 320-335

  Lefrançois, Richard ^a,b   D'Amours, Monia ^a  

^a Inst Univ de Geriatrie de S   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

exposure; risk factors; road safety; senior drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030793611     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0714980800014379     Document Type: Article

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