Treating uncorrected refractive error in adults in the developing world with autorefractors and ready-made spectacles

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 729-733

  Shane, Thomas S ^a   Knight, O'Rese ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Schiffman, Joyce C ^a   Alfonso, Eduardo C ^a   Lee, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autorefractor; Ready made spectacle; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255129244     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02546.x     Document Type: Article

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