Visual acuity and refraction by age for children of three different ethnic groups in paraguay

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-97

  Carter, Marissa Janine ^a   Lansingh, Van Charles ^b   Schacht, Gisela ^c   del Amo, Miguel Río ^c   Scalamogna, Miguel ^c   France, Thomas Douglas ^d  

^a Strategic Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Argentina)

^c FUNDACIÓN VISIÓN   (Paraguay)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Astigmatism; Child; Ethnicity and health; Humans; Hyperopia; Myopia; Paraguay; Refractive error ethnology; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PARAGUAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOPIA; PARAGUAY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85047687253     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492013000200008     Document Type: Article

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