Visual acuity versus letter contrast sensitivity in early cataract

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2047-2052

  Elliott, David B ^a   Situ, Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract; Contrast sensitivity; Spatial frequency; Vision loss; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031877928     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00382-9     Document Type: Article

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