Uncorrected refractive error among first-grade students of different racial/ethnic groups in Southern California: Results a year after school-mandated vision screening

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Kodjebacheva, Gergana ^a   Brown, E Richard ^b   Estrada, Leobardo ^b   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Coleman, Anne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; children; eyeglasses; school mandated vision; screening; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASS SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 80053628014     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182113891     Document Type: Article

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