title: Screening for squints and amblyopia in pre-school children in a service community.
abstract: A screening programme designed to detect visual defects in pre-school children was mounted in a Service community in West Germany. This showed the feasibility of screening and demonstrated that the results produced were superior to those of routine referral. The methods of findings are discussed.
authors: Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Pampapathi
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Cadman
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008889:Military Personnel; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006113:United Kingdom