Blind pedestrians and the changing technology and geometry of signalized intersections: Safety, orientation, and independence

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 587-598

  Barlow, Janet M ^a   Bentzen, Billie Louise ^b   Bond, Tamara ^b  

^a Accessible Design for the Blind   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDESTRIAN; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33846695422     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0509901003     Document Type: Article

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