Ametropia, preschoolers' cognitive abilities, and effects of spectacle correction

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Roch Levecq, Anne Catherine ^a   Brody, Barbara L ^a   Thomas, Ronald G ^a   Brown, Stuart I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POVERTY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 39049156006     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2007.36     Document Type: Article

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