Simple spectacles for adult refugees on the Thailand-Burma border

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 803-810

  Vincent, Jerry E ^a,b  

^a International Rescue Committee   (United States)

^b NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Border Eye Program; Burma; Eyeglasses; Myanmar; Myopia; Presbyopia; Refractive errors; Refugees; Spectacle provision; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; EYEGLASSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BORDER EYE PROGRAM; BURMA; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; PRESBIOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REFUGEES; SPECTACLE PROVISION; THAILAND;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT WORKER; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REFRACTION ERROR; REFUGEE; SPECTACLES; THAILAND; TRAINING;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MYANMAR; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 33751061793     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000239126.46172.80     Document Type: Article

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