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Effects of yellow filters on visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and reading under conditions of forward light

Frank Eperjesi1, Lillian Evangelica Agelis

  • 1Ophthalmic Research Group, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK. f.eperjesi@aston.ac.uk

Graefe'S Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
|August 26, 2010
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