Deconstructing a gender difference: Driving cessation and personal driving history of older women

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^a,b   Siren, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deconstruction; Driving cessation; Driving history; Gender; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DRIVER LICENSING; GROUND VEHICLES; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVING CESSATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LICENSING; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME; WOMEN;

EID: 0242551666     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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