Compliance with vision-screening guidelines among a national sample of pediatricians

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-455

  Wall, Terry C ^a   Marsh Tootle, Wendy ^b   Evans, Hughes H ^a   Fargason Jr , Crayton A ^a   Ashworth, Carolyn S ^a   Hardin, J Michael ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b School of Optometry   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Primary care; Vision screening; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIRTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 18744365752     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0449:CWVSGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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