Continued driving and time to transition to nondriver status through error-specific driving restrictions

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Freund, Barbara ^a   Petrakos, Davithoula ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving restrictions; Driving transitions; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 62749093295     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960802497852     Document Type: Article

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