A re-appraisal of screening for colour vision impairments

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Holroyd, E ^a   Hall, D M B ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour vision impairment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0031228032     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1997.tb00906.x     Document Type: Article

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