Comparisons of the handheld autorefractor, table-mounted autorefractor, and subjective refraction in Singapore adults

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1066-1070

  Farook, Mohamed ^a,b   Venkatramani, Jayant ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b   Cheng, Angela ^b   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c   Seang Mei, Saw ^b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autorefraction; Refractive error; Retinomax; Singapore; Subjective refraction

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTOMETERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; VECTORS; VISION;

AUTOREFRACTION; REFRACTIVE ERROR; RETINOMAX; SINGAPORE; SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; VISION TESTS;

EID: 29344431906     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000192344.72997.7c     Document Type: Article

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