Is refraction with a hand-held autorefractometer useful in addition to visual acuity testing and questionnaires in preschool vision screening at 3.5 years in Japan?

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Matsuoa, Toshihiko ^a   Matsuo, Chie ^b   Kio, Keiko ^c   Ichiba, Naofumi ^c   Matsuoka, Hiroaki ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoyama Dental Clinic   (Japan)

^c Kurashiki City College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Hand held autorefractometer; Preschool vision screening program; Refractive error; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; JAPAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349314518     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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