Older drivers and cataracts: Measures of driving performance before and after cataract surgery

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1865, 2004, Pages 7-13

  Wood, Joanne M ^a   Carberry, Trent P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EYE PROTECTION; EYEGLASSES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEASUREMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY; TEST FACILITIES; TRAFFIC SIGNS; VISION;

CATARACT SURGERY; CLOSED ROAD CIRCUIT; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; ROAD SIGN RECOGNITION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 9144224436     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1865-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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