Survey of New Zealand older driver assessment practices

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Ciesionik, Anita ^a   Alpass, Fiona M ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33847281445     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2003.tb00488.x     Document Type: Article

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