Tolerance to prism induced by readymade spectacles: Setting and using a standard

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1053-1059

  Toit, Rènée Du ^a,b   Ramke, Jacqueline ^a,b   Brian, Garry ^b,c  

^a International Centre for Eyecare Education   (Australia)

^b Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness prevention; Low resource settings; Prism; Readymade spectacles; Refractive error; Standard; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISION; VISION AIDS;

BLINDNESS PREVENTION; LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS; OPTICAL CENTER DISTANCE; READYMADE SPECTACLES; REFRACTIVE ERROR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

PRISMS;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LENS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; STRABISMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36649037418     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318159aa69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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