Factors associated with spectacle-wear compliance in school-aged Mexican children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 925-928

  Castanon Holguin, Aaron M ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^b,c   Patel, Nita ^b   Ratcliffe, Amy ^d   Esteso, Paul ^c   Toledo Flores, Silvia ^e   Gilbert, Donna ^c   Pereyra Rito, Marco A ^e   Munoz, Beatriz ^c  

^a Helen Keller Mexico   (Mexico)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645384038     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0895     Document Type: Article

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