When your eyes have a wet nose: The evolution of the use of guide dogs and establishing the seeing eye

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-458

  Fishman, Gerald A ^a  

^a University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Guide dogs; History; Seeing Eye

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; DOG; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 0038353229     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(03)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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