The impact of a vision screening law on older driver fatality rates

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1544-1547

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Sarrels, Scott A ^b   Griffin, Russell ^b   Owsley, Cynthia ^a   Rue III, Loring W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER LICENCE; FATALITY; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 55949091493     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.11.1544     Document Type: Article

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