The effect of relative distance enlargement on visual acuity in the visually impaired

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Wolffsohn, James S ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Low vision; Proximal magnification; Relative distance enlargement; Visual acuity; Visual impairment; Working distance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STANDARD; VISUAL ACUITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

EID: 18344391210     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2005.tb06674.x     Document Type: Article

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