Assessing older drivers: A primary care protocol to evaluate driving safety risk

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 22-25

  Murden, Robert A ^a,b   Unroe, Kathleen ^c  

^a Department of General Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver evaluation; Driving; Older driver

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 23844491418     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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