Prevalence of refractive errors in a population of office-workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-16

  Cortinez, María Florencia ^a   Chiappe, José Pablo ^a   Iribarren, Rafael ^a  

^a Centro Medico San Luis   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OFFICE WORKER; ONSET AGE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SPAIN; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 39749193530     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701755560     Document Type: Article

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