Spectacle compliance amongst rural secondary school children in Pune district, India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Gogate, Parikshit ^a,b   Mukhopadhyaya, Debapriya ^a,c   Mahadik, Ashok ^b,d   Naduvilath, Thomas ^e   Sane, Shrivallabh ^f   Shinde, Amit ^c   Holden, Brien ^e  

^a Dr Gogate's Eye Clinic   (India)

^b Lions NAB Eye Hospital   (India)

^c Bharati Vidyapeeth's Medical College   (India)

^d District TB Control Society   (India)

^e Brien Holden Vision Centre   (Australia)

^f Data Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Refractive errors; school eye health; spectacle compliance; visual aids

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SPECTACLES; STUDENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84872033537     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.99996     Document Type: Article

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