Older drivers and cataract: Driving habits and crash risk

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Owsley, Cynthia ^a   Stalvey, Beth ^a,b   Wells, Jennifer ^a   Sloane, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0032941571     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.M203     Document Type: Article

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