Accuracy of noncycloplegic refraction in primary school children in southern Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 806-812

  Funarunart, Panrapee ^a   Tengtrisorn, Supaporn ^a   Sangsupawanich, Pasuree ^a   Siangyai, Prinda ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Child; Ocular; Refraction; Refractive errors; Refractometry; Retinoscopy; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STUDENT; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; THAILAND; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 67650462324     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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