Amblyopia and strabismus in Iranian schoolchildren, Mashhad

Strabismus

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Faghihi, Mohammad ^a   Ostadimoghaddam, Hadi ^b   Yekta, Abbas Ali ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; cross sectional study; mashhad; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855224853     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273972.2011.622341     Document Type: Article

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