New design principles for visual acuity letter charts

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1976, Pages 740-745

  Bailey, Ian L ^a   Lovie, Jan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMAN; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0017052413     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-197611000-00006     Document Type: Article

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