Management of refractive errors

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7751, 2010, Pages 855-860

  Cochrane, Gillian M ^a,b   Du Toit, Rènée ^c   Le Mesurier, Richard T ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^e Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Australia)

^f International Council of Ophthalmology Uncorrected Refractive Error Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ASTIGMATISM; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; MYOPIA; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTACT LENSES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951041606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1711     Document Type: Review

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