Prevalence and causes of functional low vision in school-age children: Results from standardized population surveys in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 877-881

  Gilbert, Clare E ^a,b   Ellwein, Leon B ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 41949128429     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0973     Document Type: Article

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