Refractive errors in medical students in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 470-474

  Woo, W W ^a   Lim, K A ^a   Yang, H ^a   Lim, X Y ^a   Liew, F ^a   Lee, Y S ^a   Saw, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Epidemiology; Myopia; Prevalence rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 11944269433     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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