Older drivers retiring from the road: An application of the selection, optimization, and compensation model

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-229

  Pickard, Joseph G ^a   Tan, Jing ^b   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b   Jung, Yunkyung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Driving; Older adults; Optimization; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649111343     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350802687232     Document Type: Article

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