Preschool vision screening: a service in need of rationalisation

A survey of health districts in England and Wales was carried out at the end of 1984 to ascertain among other things the range of current programmes for preschool vision screening. The response rate was 81.3%. Altogether 94% of districts reported screening for both reduced visual acuity and squint;...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1988-04, Vol.63 (4), p.356-359
Main Authors: Stewart-Brown, S L, Haslum, M N, Howlett, B
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Infant
Investigative techniques of ocular function and vision
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Preschool children
Schools
Strabismus - diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Vision Disorders - prevention & control
Vision Tests
Visual Acuity
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