Visual acuity and legal visual requirement to drive a passenger vehicle

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-582

  Kiel, A W ^a   Butler, T ^a   Alwitry, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DVLA test; Legal visual acuity; Number plate driving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0041668033     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700441     Document Type: Article

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