Screening for visual impairment in older people: Validation of the Cardiff Acuity Test

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Johansen, Antony ^a   White, Susan ^a   Waraisch, Pervais ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Screening; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EYE MOVEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; OBSERVATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037405436     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00175-9     Document Type: Article

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