Giving up the keys: How driving cessation affects engagement in later life

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-433

  Curl, Angela L ^a   Stowe, James D ^a   Cooney, Teresa M ^a   Proulx, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving cessation; Employment; Engagement; Health status; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84900823433     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt037     Document Type: Article

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