Prevalence and risk factors of refractive errors among schoolchildren in Mashhad, 2006-2007

Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 3-9

  Ostadi Moghaddam, Hadi ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^c   Heravian, Javed ^a   Yekta, Abbas Ali ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Astigmatism; Hyperopia; Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849131475     PISSN: 2345279x     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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