Prevalence of refractive errors among schoolchildren in rural central Ethiopia

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-69

  Mehari, Zelalem Addisu ^a   Yimer, Abdirahman Wollie ^a  

^a Grarbet Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Refractive errors; Schoolchildren; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871934405     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2012.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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