Characteristics of a paediatric low vision population in a private eye hospital in India

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-219

  Gothwal, Vijaya K ^a   Herse, Peter ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SPECTACLES; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM, OCULAR; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0034604060     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(99)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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