The visual status of children ages 3 to 6 years in the vision screening program in Taiwan

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Lai, Yu Hung ^a,b   Hsu, Hsin Tien ^c   Wang, Hwei Zu ^a,d   Chang, Shun Jen ^d   Wu, Wen Chuan ^a,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MYOPIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; TAIWAN; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOTROPIA; EXOTROPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60249091352     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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