Prescribing near magnification for low vision patients

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 214-224

  Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^a   Whittaker, Stephen G ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low vision; Macular degeneration; Magnification; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000227295     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1999.tb06651.x     Document Type: Article

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