Prevalence of refractive errors in school-age children in Burkina Faso [1]

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-484

  Anera, Rosario G ^a,b   Jiménez, José Ramón ^a   Soler, Margarita ^a   Pérez, M Angustias ^a   Jiménez, Raimundo ^a   Cardona, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTOMETRY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 33749358527     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-006-0354-9     Document Type: Letter

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