Ametropias in school-age children in fada N′Gourma (Burkina Faso, Africa)

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Jiménez, Raimundo ^a   Soler, Margarita ^a   G Anera, Rosario ^a   J Castro, José ^a   Angustias Perez M ^a   Salas, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethnic group; Myopia; Refractive error; School children

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERROR; SCHOOL CHILDREN;

ERRORS; VISION;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX RATIO; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 84855351875     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318238b3dd     Document Type: Article

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