Compliance of spectacle wear and its determinants among schoolchildren of Dhakhiliya region of Oman: A descriptive study

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Khandekar, Rajiv ^a   Mohammed, Ali Jaffer ^a   Al Raisi, Abdulatif ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

Compliance; Oman; Schoolchildren; Spectacle wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448993946     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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