Vision screening in schoolchildren: Two years results

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 679-684

  Tananuvat, Napaporn ^a   Manassakorn, Anita ^a   Worapong, Apaporn ^a   Kupat, Jarassri ^a   Chuwuttayakorn, Jenjitr ^a   Wattananikorn, Sopa ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Refractive error; Schoolchildren; Strabismus; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; COLOR VISION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; THAILAND; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; VISUAL DISORDER;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; STRABISMUS; THAILAND; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3543090289     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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