Knowledge and beliefs associated with refractive errors and undercorrection: The Singapore malay eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-10

  Rosman, M ^a,b,c   Wong, T Y ^a,b,d,e   Wong, W ^b   Wong, M L ^e   Saw, S M ^a,b,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 58349087410     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.132506     Document Type: Article

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