Visual attention and driving behaviors among community-living older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 832-836

  Richardson, Emily D ^a   Marottoli, Richard A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0141531053     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.9.m832     Document Type: Article

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