Screening and health care of visual problems among teenagers: Effects on social inequalities;Depistage et prise en charge des troubles visuels chez l'adolescent: Impact sur les inegalites sociales

Sante Publique

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-47

  De Spiegelaere, M ^a   Dramaix, M ^b   Hennart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Lab de Statistique Médicale

Author keywords

Adolescents; Social inequalities; Visual screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPECTACLES;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032933215     PISSN: 09953914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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