Visual field defects due to spectacle frames: Their prediction and relationship to UK driving standards

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-100

  Steel, S E ^a   Mackie, S W ^a   Walsh, G ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCOTOMA; SPECTACLES; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0029926334     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0275-5408(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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