Supporting older women in the transition to driving cessation

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-195

  Bryanton, Olive ^a   Weeks, Lori E ^a   Lees, Jessie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adapting to non driving; Driving cessation; Impact of driving cessation; Mobility options; Older women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956539090     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2010.501483     Document Type: Article

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