Paediatric community vision screening - A new model

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-299

  Karas, Marek P ^a   Donaldson, Lisa ^a   Charles, Angela ^b   Silver, Janet ^a   Hodes, Deborah ^b   Adams, G G W ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Leonard's   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCREENING; SPECTACLES; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032864870     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.1999.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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