Effects of car window tinting on visual performance: A comparison of elderly and young drivers

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 428-443

  Burns, Nicholas R ^a   Nettelbeck, Ted ^b   White, Michael ^b   Willson, Jacqueline ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accidents; Aged; Automobile driving; Perceptual masking; Traffic; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; VISION;

AUTOMOBILE WINDOW TINTING; ROAD SAFETY; VISIBLE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE (VLT);

ERGONOMICS;

GLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION;

EID: 0033105130     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185577     Document Type: Article

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