Prevalence of Decreased Visual Acuity among Preschool-Aged Children in an American Urban Population. The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, Methods, and Results

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Friedman, David S ^a,b   Repka, Michael X ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a,b   Giordano, Lydia ^a   Ibironke, Josephine ^a   Hawes, Patricia ^a   Burkom, Diane ^c   Tielsch, James M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 53149151049     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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