How precise do precision tints have to be and how many are necessary?

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-276

  Wilkins, Arnold ^a   Sihra, Nirmal ^a   Smith, Ian Nimmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Migraine; Ophthalmic tinting; Precision tints; Reading speed; Tinting systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LENS; MALE; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; SPECTACLES;

COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FILTRATION; HUMANS; READING;

EID: 21244503791     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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