An assessment of the iPad as a testing platform for distance visual acuity in adults

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Black, J M ^a   Jacobs, R J ^a   Phillips, G ^a   Chen, L ^a   Tan, E ^a   Tran, A ^a   Thompson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; GLARE; HUMAN; IPAD; MEASUREMENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY TESTING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84880446734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002730     Document Type: Article

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