Prevalence of refractive errors among pre-school children at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Al Rowaily, Mohammad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pre school; Prevalence; Refractive errors; Saudi

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949334875     PISSN: 13194534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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