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Prevalence of Refractive Errors Among School Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

PURPOSE: Many children with poor vision due to refractive error remain undiagnosed and perform poorly in school. The situation is worse in the Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, and current information is lacking. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of refractive error am...

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Autores principales:	Yared, Assefa Wolde, Belaynew, Wasie Taye, Destaye, Shiferaw, Ayanaw, Tsegaw, Zelalem, Eshete
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248538 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.102742

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