Sense and sensibility. a narrative study of older women's car driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-228

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Driver; Life course; Marginalization; Narrative; Older; Women

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WALKING AIDS;

LIFE COURSE; MARGINALIZATION; NARRATIVE; OLDER; WOMEN;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 19744369052     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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