Visual Impairment in School Children in Southern India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Kalikivayi, Venkataramana ^a   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^a   Bansal, Aashish K ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ocular diseases; Refractive errors; School children; Southern India; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS; URBAN POPULATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031151523     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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