Rate of Reading Test® : Its reliability, and its validity in the assessment of the effects of coloured overlays

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 491-497

  Wilkins, A J ^a   Jeanes, R J ^a   Pumfrey, P D ^b   Laskier, M ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST;

EID: 0030298576     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0275-5408(96)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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