Prevalence of refractive errors among school children in Northeastern Iran

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Rezvan, Farhad ^a   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b   Hashemi, Hassan ^a,c   Ostadimoghaddam, Hadi ^d   Heravian, Javad ^d   Azizi, Elham ^d   Khorasani, Abbas Azimi ^d   Yekta, Abbas Ali ^d  

^a NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive error; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 83455243200     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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