License Suspension Revisited: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study of Older Drivers

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-444

  Lundberg, Catarina ^a   Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^b   Almkvist, Ove ^a   Johansson, Kurt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Driving; Older drivers; Traffic violations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0345448341     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464803254007     Document Type: Article

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