Refractive error and visual impairment in school children in Northern Ireland

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1155-1159

  O'Donoghue, L ^a   McClelland, J F ^a   Logan, N S ^b   Rudnicka, A R ^c   Owen, C G ^c   Saunders, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPEROPIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION DISORDERS;

CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77956604590     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.176040     Document Type: Article

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