Chart construction and letter legibility/readability

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 498-506

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032704547     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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