Prevalence of Refractive Error in Rural Myanmar. The Meiktila Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gupta, A ^a   Casson, R J ^a   Newland, H S ^a   Muecke, J ^a   Landers, J ^a   Selva, D ^a   Aung, T ^b  

^a South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^b Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTIGMATISM; EDUCATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TONOMETRY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 37349058875     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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