Refractive ocular conditions and reasons for spectacles renewal in a resource-limited economy

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ayanniyi, Abdulkabir A ^a   Folorunso, Francisca N ^b   Adepoju, Feyisayo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^b University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951960888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-12     Document Type: Review

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