It cannot be all about safety: The benefits of prolonged mobility

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-378

  Oxley, Jennifer ^a   Whelan, Michelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counter Measure; Mobility; Older; Quality of Life; Safety; Transport

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 49449112302     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580801895285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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