The combination of two training approaches to improve older adults' driving safety

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Bédard, Michel ^a,b,c   Porter, Michelle M ^d   Marshall, Shawn ^e   Isherwood, Ivy ^a   Riendeau, Julie ^a   Weaver, Bruce ^a,b   Tuokko, Holly ^f   Molnar, Frank ^e   Miller Polgar, Jan ^g  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH'S CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; ONTARIO; PROBABILITY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749090024     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701670705     Document Type: Article

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