Letter legibility and chart equivalence

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-152

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a,b   Ho, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033997167     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(99)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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