Relative-size magnification versus relative-distance magnification: Effect on the reading performance of adults with normal and low vision

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 433-446

  Lovie Kitchin, Jan ^a   Whittaker, Steve ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRINTING; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STARGARDT DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031780335     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9809200704     Document Type: Article

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