Strabismus and employment: The opinion of headhunters

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 784-788

  Mojon Azzi, Stefania M ^a   Mojon, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Employment; Esotropia; Exotropia; Facial anomalies; Headhunters; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECTROPION; EMPLOYMENT; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRABISMUS; SWITZERLAND; TELEPHONE; TOOTH; VISUAL ACUITY; FACE; JOB FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRABISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349089285     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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