Search for dissertations about: "Gun Kvarnström"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Gun Kvarnström.

2. 1. Visual screening of children in Sweden : epidemiological and methodological aspects

   Author : Gun Kvarnström; Peter Jakobsson; Gunnar Lennerstrand; Anders Sjöström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess the vision screening system and ocular status in Sweden of today, yesterday and tomorrow and to compare the prevalence of ocular disease before and after screening and treatment with special focus on amblyopia.Screening has been defmed by the United States Commission of Chronic Illness (1957) as "the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease or defect by the application oftests, examinations or other procedures, which can be rapidly applied. READ MORE