Mesopic contrast sensitivity in the presence or absence of glare in a large driver population

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 242, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 755-761

  Puell, María C ^a   Palomo, Catalina ^a   Sánchez Ramos, Celia ^a   Villena, Consuelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Glare disability; Mesopic contrast sensitivity; Vehicle Driver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; GLARE; HUMAN; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 6344244475     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0951-6     Document Type: Article

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