Should older drivers have to prove that they are able to drive?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2126-2128

  Fain, Mindy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHICS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141924514     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.18.2126     Document Type: Review

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