Refractive status of indigenous people in the northwestern Amazon region of Brazil

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Thorn, Frank ^a   Cruz, Antonio A V ^b   Machado, André J ^a,c   Carvalho, Ricardo A C ^d  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Olhos de Manaus   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Astigmatism; Illiteracy; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPACITY; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTOMETERS;

ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

VISION;

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BRAZIL; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 17444424628     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159371.25986.67     Document Type: Article

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