A new school-based program to provide eyeglasses: ChildSight

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 372-375

  Pizzarello, Louis ^a,b   Tilp, Meredith ^a   Tiezzi, Lorraine ^c   Vaughn, Roger ^c   McCarthy, James ^c  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOLS; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032265823     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1091-8531(98)90038-6     Document Type: Article

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