Evaluating photoscreeners II: MTI and Fortune videorefractor

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-398

  Cooper, Carolyn D ^a   Gole, Glen A ^a,b   Hall, Julie E ^a   Colville, Deborah J ^c   Carden, Susan M ^c   Bowling, Francis G ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Childhood vision screening; Photorefraction; Photoscreening

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST;

EID: 0033398654     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1606.1999.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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