Predicting practical fitness to drive in drivers with visual field defects caused by ocular pathology

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 748-760

  Coeckelbergh, Tanja R M ^a,b   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^a   Cornelissen, Frans W ^a   Kooijman, Aart C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DRIVER LICENSING; DRIVER TRAINING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRIVING TESTS; OCULAR PATHOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECTS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13144306076     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.4.748.56818     Document Type: Article

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