Correction of moderate myopia is associated with improvement in self-reported visual functioning among Mexican school-aged children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4949-4954

  Esteso, Paul ^a,b   Castanon, Aaron ^c   Toledo, Silvia ^d   Pereyra Rito, Marco A ^d   Ervin, Anne ^e   Wojciechowski, Robert ^a,e   Congdon, Nathan G ^f,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Helen Keller Mexico   (Mexico)

^d IEEPO/Ver Bien   (Mexico)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOM; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MYOPIA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38449091595     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0052     Document Type: Article

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