Visual impairment and myopia in brazilian children: A population-based study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-227

  Moraes Ibrahim, Fuad ^a   Moraes Ibrahim, Marlon ^a   Pomepo De Camargo, Juliana Rosa ^a   Veronese Rodrigues, Maria De Lourdes ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^b   Silva Paula, Jayter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; prevalence; refractive error; survey; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; CONGENITAL CATARACT; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SELECTION; REFRACTIVE ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

SURVEYS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84874947458     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31828197fd     Document Type: Article

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