Aging baby boomers - A blessing or challenge for driver licensing authorities

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-386

  Dobbs, Bonnie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Automobile Driving; Driver Licensing; Medically At Risk Drivers; Older Drivers; Traffic Safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGING; ALBERTA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 49449108586     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802045823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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