Why HID headlights bother older drivers

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-117

  Mainster, Martin A ^a   Timberlake, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; CAR; DRIVER; GLARE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NIGHT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STRESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037230319     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.1.113     Document Type: Review

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