Vision screening of 4-year-old children in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 271-278

  Lim, Hai C ^a   Quah, B L ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^a   Lim, H C ^a   Tay, V ^a   Emmanuel, S C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Frisby stereotest; Preschool; Referral criteria; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TIME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034198439     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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