The Orinda Study: Should the 'modified clinical technique' retain its 'gold standard' status as a vision screening tool?

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Paech, Merri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children's vision; Modified clinical technique; Research methodology; Sensitivity; Specificity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75149173024     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2009.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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