Development and validation of a visual acuity chart for Australian aborigines and Torres strait islanders

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 806-812

  Wildsoet, Christine F ^a   Wood, Joanne M ^b   Hassan, Shirin ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian; Bailey Lovie chart; Children; Turtle chart; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL DESIGN; VISION;

AUSTRALIAN; BAILEY-LOVIE CHART; TURTLE CHART; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION AIDS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032213044     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199811000-00021     Document Type: Article

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