Profile of a low vision clinic population

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 198-202

  Mohidin, Norhani ^a   Yusoff, Suzainah ^b  

^a Department of Optometry ^*  (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Causes of low vision; Low vision clinic; Low vision devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990394822     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1998.tb06735.x     Document Type: Article

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