Ophthalmological findings in a sample of Swedish children aged 4-15 years

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Grönlund, Marita Andersson ^a,b   Andersson, Susann ^a   Aring, Eva ^a   Hård, Anna Lena ^a   Hellström, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparison group; Ocular findings; Swedish children; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645473603     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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