Pedestrian and Motorized Mobility Scooter Safety of Older People

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 647-653

  Jancey, Jonine ^a   Cooper, Lisa ^a   Howat, Peter ^a   Meuleners, Lynn ^b   Sleet, David ^c   Baldwin, Grant ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

active transport; motorized mobility scooters; older adults; pedestrians; road safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; MOTORCYCLE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84880955602     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.749465     Document Type: Article

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