Impact of an educational program on the safety of high-risk, visually impaired, older drivers

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Owsley, Cynthia ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Phillips, Janice M ^a   McNeal, Sandre F ^a   Stalvey, Beth T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

^d Texas Department on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLICE; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SENESCENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1542722051     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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