Assessing elderly people to drive: Practical considerations

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 727-732

  Kamenoff, Kian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 54149096322     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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