The safety and mobility patterns of older women: Do current patterns foretell the future?

Public Works Management and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-353

  Rosenbloom, Sandra ^a   Herbel, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving cessation; Mobility; Older drivers; Older women; Older women's crash risk and rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949102110     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X09334496     Document Type: Article

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