Causes of visual impairment among students at the Alabama School for the Blind

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 647-652

  DeCarlo, Dawn K ^a   Nowakowski, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Low vision; Pediatric; Visual acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALABAMA; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033209368     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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