Reading acuity in children: Evaluation and reliability using MNREAD charts

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3349-3354

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Cordaro, Claudia ^b   Bigoni, Anna ^b   Crovato, Sabrina ^b   Cecchini, Paolo ^b   Menchini, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Scientific Institution E Medea   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MNREAD CHART; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4344706378     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1304     Document Type: Article

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