A survey of current and anticipated use of standard and specialist equipment by UK optometrists

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-613

  Dabasia, Priya L ^a   Edgar, David F ^a   Garway Heath, David F ^b   Lawrenson, John G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; Information technology; Optical coherence tomography; Optometrist; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; OPTOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; OPTOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84906700302     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12150     Document Type: Article

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