The effect of visual field defects on driving performance: A driving simulator study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1509-1516

  Coechelbergh, Tanja R M ^a,c   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^a   Cornelissen, Frans W ^a   Van Wolffelaar, Peter ^a   Kooijman, Aart C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0036875278     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.11.1509     Document Type: Article

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