Prevalence of amblyopia with anisometropia or strabismus among schoolchildren in the Sultanate of Oman

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 658-662

  Lithander, Joan ^a,b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Developing country; School screening; Strabismus; Sultanate of Oman; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031670680     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760604.x     Document Type: Article

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