Prevalence of refractive error and other eye diseases in schoolchildren in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 294-297

  Ntim Amponsah, C T ^a   Ofosu Amaah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RURAL AREA; SCAR; STRABISMUS; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35348878717     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20070901-04     Document Type: Article

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