Project universal preschool vision screening: A demonstration project

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Hartmann, E Eugenie ^a   Bradford, Geoffrey E ^b   Chaplin, P Kay Nottingham ^b   Johnson, Tammy ^c   Kemper, Alex R ^d   Kim, Sunnah ^e   Marsh Tootle, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b West Virginia University Eye Institute   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Preschool; Vision; Vision screening; Well child

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 33644871941     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2809     Document Type: Article

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