Clinical outcomes following the dispensing of ready-made and recycled spectacles: A systematic literature review

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-233

  Pearce, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Public health; Ready made spectacles; Recycled spectacles; Refractive errors

Indexed keywords

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84899631748     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12126     Document Type: Review

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