A Population-based Study of Visual Impairment Among Pre-school Children in Beijing: The Beijing Study of Visual Impairment in Children

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1081

  Lu, Qing ^a   Zheng, Yuanyuan ^b   Sun, Baochen ^b   Cui, Tongtong ^b   Congdon, Nathan ^c   Hu, Ailian ^b   Chen, Jianhua ^d   Shi, Jiliang ^e  

^a Shenyang He Eye Hospital   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHINA; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 67349238250     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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