Review of guidelines for children's vision screenings

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-449

  Hopkins, Shelley ^a   Sampson, Geoff P ^a   Hendicott, Peter ^a   Wood, Joanne M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children's vision; Refraction; Strabismus; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDREN'S VISION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTION; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; STANDARD; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILDREN'S VISION; REFRACTION; STRABISMUS; VISION SCREENING;

AMBLYOPIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84883312784     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12029     Document Type: Review

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