Long-term reliability and predictive validity of the Teller Acuity Card procedure

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 619-626

  Mash, Clay ^a   Dobson, Velma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating acuity; Infants; Predictive validity; Preferential looking; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032008288     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)88335-6     Document Type: Article

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