Determining magnification for reading with low vision

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 229-237

  Cheong, Allen M Y ^a   Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^a   Bowers, Alex R ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Magnification; Magnifiers; Reading

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; OPTOMETRY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LENSES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; OPTOMETRY; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036636852     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03042.x     Document Type: Article

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