Refractive error in nigerian adults: Prevalence, type, and spectacle coverage

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5449-5456

  Ezelum, Christian ^a   Razavi, Hessom ^b   Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj ^c   Gilbert, Clare E ^c   Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^c   Entekume, Gabriel ^d   Abubakar, Tafida ^e  

^a Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Vision Health Services   (Nigeria)

^e Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLINDNESS; EMMETROPIA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 80052812873     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6770     Document Type: Article

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