Older driver retraining: A systematic review of evidence of effectiveness

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Kua, Ailene ^a   Korner Bitensky, Nicol ^a   Desrosiers, Johanne ^b,c   Man Son Hing, Malcolm ^d   Marshall, Shawn ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abilities; Driver education; Driving; Older driver; Review literature

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRIVER TRAINING; HEALTH CARE; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

DRIVER EDUCATION; DRIVING AWARENESS; OLDER DRIVERS; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

AGED; AGING; CAR DRIVING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847390752     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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