Vision screening in children aged 6 months to 5 years: Evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 318, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 845-858

  Jonas, Daniel E ^a,b   Amick, Halle R ^c   Wallace, Ina F ^a,d   Feltner, Cynthia ^a,b   Van Der Schaaf, Emily B ^b   Brown, Callie L ^e   Baker, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Venebio   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85028940167     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.9900     Document Type: Review

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