Visual impairment and ability to drive: Epidemiology, evaluation, education, and ethics

Practical Optometry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 212-218

  Park, William L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036762067     PISSN: 11816058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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