Prevalence of refractive errors among high school Students in Western Iran

Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-239

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a   Rezvan, Farhad ^a   Beiranvand, Asghar ^a   Papi, Omid Ali ^b   Yazdi, Hosein Hoseini ^c   Ostadimoghaddam, Hadi ^d,e   Yekta, Abbas Ali ^d,e   Norouzirad, Reza ^f   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^g  

^a NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f DEZFUL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cross sectional study; High school children; Hyperopia; Myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905448495     PISSN: 20082010     EISSN: 2008322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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