Driving with pets as a risk factor for motor vehicle collisions among older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-74

  Blunck, Hallie ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^b   MacLennan, Paul A ^c   McGwin, Gerald ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; Elderly; Epidemiology; Motor vehicle

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTRACTION; ELDERLY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; POLICY REGULATIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

RAISE DRIVING;

AGED; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PET ANIMAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; DISTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; RISK FACTORS;

DISTRACTION; ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE;

EID: 84878084297     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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