A study of refractive errors in a primary school in Cotonou, Benin;Amétropies en milieu scolaire primaire à Cotonou (Bénin)

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 771-775

  Sounouvou, I ^a,b   Tchabi, S ^a   Doutetien, C ^a   Sonon, F ^a   Yehouessi, L ^a   Bassabi, S K ^a  

^a CNHU HKM   (Benin)

^b NONE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Pupils; Refractive error; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049093498     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0181-5512(08)74395-X     Document Type: Article

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