MoBIC: An Aid to Increase the Independent Mobility of Blind Travellers

British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-66

  Petrie, Helen ^a   Johnson, Valerie ^a   Strothotte, Thomas ^b   Raab, Andreas ^b   Michel, Rainer ^b   Reichert, Lars ^c   Schalt, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84990393420     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026461969701500205     Document Type: Article

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