Blur adaptation and myopia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 543-547

  George, Sini ^a   Rosenfield, Mark ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blur adaptation; Contrast; Myopia; Refractive error visual acuity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DEGRADATION;

AMETROPIA; RETINAL DEFOCUS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MYOPIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3142777665     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200407000-00016     Document Type: Article

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