Correctable and Non-Correctable Visual Impairment in a Population-Based Sample of 12-Year-Old Australian Children

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Robaei, Dana ^a   Huynh, Son C ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33745370067     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.02.042     Document Type: Article

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