Visual field defects may not affect safe driving

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Dow, Jamie ^a  

^a Services aux usagers de la route   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drivers permit; Road safety; Visual field defects; Visual standards for drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SAFETY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053515730     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.582906     Document Type: Article

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