Need and challenges of refractive correction in urban Chinese school children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-234

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Xu, Jingjing ^a   Yin, Qiuxia ^a,b   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Eyeglasses; Ocular refraction; Urban population; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EDUCATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EYEGLASSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTOMETERS;

REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SPECTACLES; VISION DIFFICULTIES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17444393602     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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