Amblyopia and refractive errors among school-aged children with low socioeconomic status in southeastern Turkey

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Caca, Ihsan ^a   Cingu, Abdullah Kursat ^a   Sahin, Alparslan ^a   Ari, Seyhmus ^a   Dursun, Mehmet Emin ^a   Dag, Umut ^a   Balsak, Selahattin ^a   Alakus, Fuat ^a   Yavuz, Abdullah ^a   Palanci, Yilmaz ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CATARACT; CHILD; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORNEA OPACITY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ENTROPION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PUPIL REFLEX; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRABISMUS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873429548     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: 19382405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20120804-02     Document Type: Article

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