Contrast sensitivity and reading in subjects with age-related macular degeneration

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-124

  Fosse, Per ^a   Valberg, Arne ^b  

^a Tambartun National Resource Centre of the Visually Impaired   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 3242733436     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.3.2.111.8661     Document Type: Article

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