Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 75, Issue 7 , Pages 445-451 , July 2004

Educating the educators: increasing grade-school teachers’ ability to detect vision problems

  • Ira Krumholtz, O.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: SUNY State College of Optometry, 33 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036.

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PII: S1529-1839(04)70159-1

doi: 10.1016/S1529-1839(04)70159-1

Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 75, Issue 7 , Pages 445-451 , July 2004

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