Spectacle use and reduced unaided vision in third grade students: A comparative study in different educational settings

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-179

  Ben Simon, Guy J ^a,b   Peiss, Miriam ^a   Anis, Emilia ^a   Nakra, Tanuj ^b   Luski, Ayala ^a   Spierer, Abraham ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodative effort; Education; Myopia; Near work

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LEARNING; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECTACLES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER; WORK;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LEARNING; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; WORK;

EID: 3843151656     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2004.tb03171.x     Document Type: Article

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