Prevalence of refractive error and attitude to spectacle use among drivers of public institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-30

  Bekibele, Charles O ^a   Fawole, O I ^a   Bamgboye, A E ^a   Adekunle, L V ^a   Ajayi, R ^a   Baiyeroju, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Drivers; Hypermetropia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 41149138991     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55734     Document Type: Article

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