Visual function in professional truck drivers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Mäntyjärvi, Maija ^a   Tuppurainen, Kaija ^b   Rouhiainen, Harri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Dark adaptation; Driving; Eye examination; Glare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DARK ADAPTATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031689621     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050293     Document Type: Article

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