Applying standards to readymade spectacles used in low-resource countries

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1104-1111

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   Palagyi, Anna ^a   Toit, Renee Du ^a   Brian, Garry ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Readymade spectacles; Refractive error; Standards; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

EYE CARE; HIGH-POWER; LOW POWER; OPTICAL QUALITIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; READYMADE SPECTACLES; REFRACTIVE ERROR; TIMOR-LESTE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; EYEGLASSES; IMPACT RESISTANCE;

STANDARDIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDONESIA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTACLES; TIMOR-LESTE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 70349147869     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181b487f6     Document Type: Article

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