Prevalence of refractive error in school children of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Alam, Haseeb ^a   Irfanullah Siddiqui, M ^b   Jafri, Syed Imtiaz Ahmed ^a   Khan, Abdul Sattar ^a   Ahmed, Syed Ishtiaq ^a   Jafar, Mohammad ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR BLINDNESS; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 44449144420     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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