The impact of mobility and public transport on the independence of visually impaired people

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 67-82

  Montarzino, Alicia ^a   Robertson, Brian ^a   Aspinall, Peter ^a   Ambrecht, Ana ^a   Findlay, Cathy ^b   Hine, Julian ^c   Dhillon, Bal ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobility; Quality of life; Services; Transport; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

EID: 37149021664     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350701673266     Document Type: Article

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