Assessing medically impaired older drivers in a licensing agency setting

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-361

  Janke, Mary K ^a   Eberhard, John W ^b  

^a Research and Development Branch   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver licensing; Driver reexamination; Medically impaired drivers; Older (elderly) drivers; Post licensing control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032065453     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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