A pilot study to develop a brief question-based screening tool to identify Higher-Risk Older Drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1791-1794

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^a   Valley, Morgan ^a   Johnson, Ruth ^a   Lowenstein, Steven R ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^b   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^c,d  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONFUSION; CONTACT LENS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; READING; SCREENING TEST; SPECTACLES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866393311     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04131.x     Document Type: Letter

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