Lighting for the elderly

Technology and Disability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-180

  Boyce, P R ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lighting; Partial sight; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINANCE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0346882926     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-2003-15303     Document Type: Review

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