On the cause of disability glare and its dependence on glare angle, age and ocular pigmentation

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 363-370

  Vos, Johannes J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Disability glare; Drivers' vision; Ocular scatter; The older driver

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

AGING; CAR DRIVING; GLARE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 1542465747     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2003.tb03080.x     Document Type: Review

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