Lag in optimal optical correction of urban elementary school students in Taiwan

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-131

  Cheng, Ching Ying ^a   Huang, Walter ^b   Sun, Han Yin ^a   Su, Kuo Chen ^a   Tseng, Jung Kai ^a   Peng, Mei Ling ^a   Cheng, Hong Ming ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lag in correction; Optical correction; School myopia; Spherical equivalent; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874929145     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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