Habitual vs optimal distance visual acuity

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-466

  Pointer, Jonathan S ^a  

^a Optometric Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitual visual acuity; logMAR visual acuity; Optimal visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTACT LENS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49749087977     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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