Associations between visual, hearing, and dual sensory impairments and history of motor vehicle collision involvement of older drivers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-257

  Green, Kimberly A ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

driver safety; dual sensory impairment; hearing impairment; vision impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873998270     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12091     Document Type: Article

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