Screening for visual impairment: Outcome among schoolchildren in a rural area of Delhi

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-206

  Rustagi, Neeti ^a   Uppal, Yogesh ^a   Taneja, Devender K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Refractive error; rural area; school children; use of spectacles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; VISION SCREENING; VISION, LOW;

EID: 84861323368     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.95872     Document Type: Article

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