To drive or not to drive: The influence of social factors on the decisions of elderly drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-304

  Chipman, Mary L ^a   Payne, Jennifer ^b   McDonough, Peggy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health survey; Households; Non drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; ONTARIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032065452     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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