The use of the Color Trails Test in the assessment of driver competence: Preliminary report of a culture-fair instrument

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 631-635

  Elkin Frankston, Seth ^a   Lebowitz, Brian K ^a,b   Kapust, Lissa R ^a,b   Hollis, Ann M ^a   O'Connor, Margaret G ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Trails Test; Dementia; Driving; Elderly; Neuropsychology; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 34250355205     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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