Self correction of refractive error among young people in rural China: Results of cross sectional investigation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7820, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Mingzhi ^a   Zhang, Riping ^a   He, Mingguang ^b   Liang, Wanling ^a   Li, Xiaofeng ^a   She, Lingbing ^a   Yang, Yunli ^a   MacKenzie, Graeme ^c,d   Silver, Joshua D ^e   Ellwein, Leon ^f   Moore, Bruce ^g   Congdon, Nathan ^b  

^a Shantou University Medical College   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Adlens   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOMATED REFRACTION; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REFRACTION; SPECTACLES; SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION; VISUAL ACUITY; HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858996348     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4767     Document Type: Article

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