Tinted windshield and its effects on aging drivers' visual acuity and glare response

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1223-1233

  Shi, Wen ^a   Lockhart, Thurmon E ^a   Arbab, Mehran ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b PPG INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability glare; Discomfort glare; Tinted windshield; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; GLARE; VISION;

AGE GROUPS; AGING; CONCEPT CARS; CONTRAST THRESHOLD; DISABILITY GLARE; DISCOMFORT GLARE; FUTURE RESEARCH; TINTED WINDSHIELD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERFORMANCE;

WINDSHIELDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; COLOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRIVER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TINTED WINDSHIELD; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 49149130061     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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