Visual acuity testability and comparability in Australian preschool children: The Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease Study

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 925-932

  Leone, J F ^a   Gole, G A ^b   Mitchell, P ^a   Kifley, A ^a   Pai, A S I ^a   Rose, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

child; cross sectional studies; preschool; vision screening; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; AMBLYOPIA TREATMENT STUDY HOTV PROTOCOL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY TREATMENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863860110     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.60     Document Type: Article

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