Multiple chronic medical conditions and associated driving risk: A systematic review

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Marshall, Shawn C ^a,b,c,d   Man Son Hing, Malcolm ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Automobile driving; Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Driving restriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953859241     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.551225     Document Type: Article

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