International vision requirements for driver licensing and disability pensions: Using a milestone approach in characterization of progressive eye disease

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1361-1369

  Bron, Alain M ^a   Viswanathan, Ananth C ^b   Thelen, Ulrich ^c   de Natale, Renato ^d   Ferreras, Antonio ^e   Gundgaard, Jens ^f   Schwartz, Gail ^g   Buchholz, Patricia ^h  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Private Practice   (Germany)

^d Ospedale Civile di Monselice   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^f COWI ^*  (Denmark)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Patricia Buchholz Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driver's license requirements; Glaucoma; Health outcomes; Progressive eye disease

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRIVER LICENCE; EYE DISEASE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; ITALY; PENSION; REVIEW; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650705602     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S15359     Document Type: Review

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