To continue, modify or relinquish driving: Findings from a longitudinal study of healthy ageing

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 423-431

  Unsworth, Carolyn A ^a   Wells, Yvonne ^a   Browning, Colette ^b   Thomas, Shane A ^b   Kendig, Hal ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving; Healthy ageing; Longitudinal studies; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TRAFFIC;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 43449107678     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111489     Document Type: Article

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