Refractive error in school children in an urban and rural setting in Cambodia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-22

  Gao, Zoe ^a,b   Meng, Ngy ^c   Muecke, James ^a,b   Chan, Weng Onn ^a   Piseth, Horm ^d   Kong, Aimee ^a   Jnguyenphamhh, Theresa ^a   Dehghan, Yalda ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a,b   Casson, Robert ^a,b   Ang, Kim ^e  

^a South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Preah Ang Doung National Hospital   (Cambodia)

^d FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^e National Paediatric Hospital   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Children; Myopia; Refractive error; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CATARACT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84856621494     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.632703     Document Type: Article

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