Refraction and visual acuity measurements: What are their measurement uncertainties?

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Smith, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Refraction; Uncertainty; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINOSCOPY; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646082269     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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