An epidemiological survey of refractive error and associated factors among middle school students in Deqing County of Zhejiang Province, China

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 680-684

  Ma, Ming Ming ^a   Zhang, Zheng Wei ^a   Song, Jian Gen ^b   Wang, Xue Cai ^b   Zhang, Yi Ming ^b   Ke, Bi Lian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Deqing County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Middle and high school students; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650135920     PISSN: 16728467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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