Accuracy of rural refractionists in western China

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-161

  Zhou, Zhongqiang ^a   Zeng, Junxia ^b   Ma, Xiaochen ^c   Pang, Xiaopeng ^b   Yi, Hongmei ^d   Chen, Qianyun ^a   Meltzer, Mirjam E ^a   He, Mingguang ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^e   Congdon, Nathan ^a,f  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; China; Optometrist; Refraction; Refractionist; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891877243     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13250     Document Type: Article

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