Driving performance of drivers with impaired central visual field acuity

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 711-716

  Lamble, Dave ^a   Summala, Heikki ^a   Hyvärinen, Lea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Lea Test Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Brake reaction time; Car following; Foveal vision; Retinoschisis; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETINOSCHISIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RETINOSCHISIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036707724     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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