Prevalence of refractive errors in school children

JK Practitioner

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-159

  Khan, Afroz A ^a,b   Nasti, A R ^a   Ayoub Dar, M ^a   Lone, Shafkat A ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Shah Eye Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Myopia; Refractive errors; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 28444478367     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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