Vision screening of children attending primary school in rural Timor-Leste

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-378

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   du Toit, Rènée ^a   Roberts, Beverley ^a   Pereira, Sara ^a   Hobday, Karen ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LETTER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROPHTHALMIA; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TIMOR-LESTE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79958752007     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02468.x     Document Type: Letter

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