Eyestrain in working children of footwear making units of Agra, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-413

  Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Occupational health; Working children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORKING CHILDREN;

EID: 84885831506     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-013-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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