Referral to low vision services by optometrists

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^b   Taylor, Hugh R ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low vision; Referral; Rehabilitation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007473419     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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