Older Driver Safety: A Report from the Older Drivers Project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-149

  Wang, Claire C ^a   Carr, David B ^b  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving safety; Motor vehicle fatalities; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FATALITY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0347759935     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52025.x     Document Type: Article

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