Variability of measurements of visual acuity in a large eye clinic

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 673-676

  Siderov, John ^b,c   Tiu, Annette L ^a  

^a Neurosciences Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Victorian College of Optometry   (Australia)

Author keywords

LogMAR; Repeatability; Vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033432805     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770613.x     Document Type: Article

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