The prevalence of refractive errors among schoolchildren in Dezrul, Iran

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-292

  Fotouhi, Akbar ^a,b   Hashemi, Hassan ^c,d   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b   Mohammad, Kazem ^b  

^a Tehran University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECTACLES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; IRAN; MALE; MYOPIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947589514     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.099937     Document Type: Article

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