The night vision threshold test (NVTT): A simple instrument for testing dark adaptation in young children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-35

  Duncan, Burris ^d   Canfield, Louise ^a   Barber, Brent ^e   Greivenkamp, John ^b   Oriokot, Francis O ^c   Naluyinda, Florence ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGHT VISION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; UGANDA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033953866     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.1.30     Document Type: Article

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