Courier: A better font for reading with age-related macular degeneration Original Research Article

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-62

  Tarita Nistor, Luminita ^a,b   Lam, Dianne ^a   Brent, Michael H ^a,c   Steinbach, Martin J ^a,b,c   Gonzalez, Esther G ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANDALE MONO; ARIAL FONT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURIER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; MNREAD CHART; PRINTING; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMES NEW ROMAN; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84875436861     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2012.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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