Characterising visual deficits in children of an urban elementary school in Taiwan

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 531-537

  Cheng, Hong Ming ^a   Sun, Han Yin ^a   Lin, David Pei Cheng ^a   Chang, Han Hsin ^a   Chen, Shyan Tarng ^a   Yeh, Shang Min ^a   Peng, Mei Ling ^a   Tseng, Jung Kai ^a   Su, Kuo Chen ^a   Tseng, Kuang Wen ^a   Chen, Bo Yie ^a   Hsiao, Ching Jen ^a   Huang, Shuan Yu ^a   Cheng, Ching Ying ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binocular function; Correction lag; Cycloplegic therapy; Pupillary reaction; Refraction; School myopia; Taiwan; Vision

Indexed keywords

MYDRIATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; TAIWAN; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; MYDRIATICS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84865560191     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2012.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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