The role of reduced fitness to drive due to medical impairments in explaining crashes involving older drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Marshall, Shawn C ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crash; Driving; Medical Conditions; Older driver

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CAR DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49449117387     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580801895244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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