Elderly drivers: When is it time to take the keys away?

Consultant

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 118-125

  Murphy, Dale P ^a,b   Maxwell, Catherine ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Summa Health   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEMENTIA; DRIVING ABILITY; FATALITY; GLARE; GLARE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13244288608     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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