Crash characteristics of older pedestrian fatalities: Dementia pathology may be related to 'at risk' traffic situations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 912-919

  Gorrie, Catherine A ^a   Brown, Julie ^a   Waite, Phil M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autopsy; Cognition; Elderly; Neurofibrillary tangle; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; PATHOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AUTOPSY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 42749084994     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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