The screening of visual impairment among preschool children in an urban population in Malaysia; The Kuching pediatric eye study: A cross sectional study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Premsenthil, Mallika ^a   Manju, Rose ^a   Thanaraj, Asokumaran ^b   Syed Abdul Rahman, Syed Alwi ^a   Aik Kah, Tan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Distant visual acuity; Eye screening; Preschool children; Prevalence; Stereopsis; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84876291665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-13-16     Document Type: Article

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