Spectacle wear among children in a school-based program for ready-made vs custom-made spectacles in India a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 527-533

  Morjaria, Priya ^a   Evans, Jenifer ^a   Murali, Kaushik ^b   Gilbert, Clare ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sankara Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE REFRACTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UTILIZATION; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOLS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85020704579     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.0641     Document Type: Article

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