Uncorrected refractive errors, presbyopia and spectacle coverage: Results from a rapid assessment of refractive error survey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Marmamula, Srinivas ^a,b   Keeffe, Jill E ^b,c   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a,b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Vision CRC ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

India; Presbyopia; Rapid assessment; Refractive errors; Spectacle coverage; Uncorrected refractive errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350077469     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903144720     Document Type: Article

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