The on-road difficulties of older drivers and their relationship with self-reported motor vehicle crashes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2062-2069

  Wood, Joanne M ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b   Lacherez, Philippe F ^a   Kerr, Graham K ^a   Mallon, Kerry ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Rehab Works Kerry Mallon   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashes; Driving assessment; Driving errors; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; ORIENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70350439831     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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