Visual Acuity Testability in African-American and Hispanic Children: The Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 663-667

  Cotter, Susan A ^a   Tarczy Hornoch, Kristina ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Dilauro, Anne ^a   Borchert, Mark ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35349031699     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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