Influence of selected variables on monocular, interocular, and binocular visual acuity

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Pointer, Jonathan S ^a  

^a Optometric Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Functional laterality; Gender; Monocular vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BETTER SIGHTED EYE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

BINOCULAR VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 39849087680     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318162265d     Document Type: Article

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