Proportion of refractive errors in a polish immigrant population in Chicago

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 588-592

  Allison, Christine L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperopia; myopia; Polish; refractive error

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; HIGH RATE; ILLINOIS; REFRACTIVE ERROR; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MYOPIA; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICS; STRABISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955473587     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e61beb     Document Type: Article

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