Tactile maps: New materials and improved designs

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-65

  Horsfall, B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DETERGENT; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; STEEL; TALC;

BRAILLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PAPER; REVIEW; TOUCH;

EID: 0031033335     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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