A cost-benefit analysis of vision screening methods for preschoolers and school-age children

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-290

  Joish, Vijay N ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^a   Miller, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MODEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0042525902     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(03)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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