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Refractive Error and Visual Impairment Among School Children: Result of a South-Eastern Nigerian Regional Survey

PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence refractive errors and causes of visual impairment in school children in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. METHODS: School-based cross-sectional samples of children 5 to 15 of age in both urban and rural areas were profiled through cluster sampling. The main ou...

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Autores principales:	Maduka-Okafor, Ferdinand C, Okoye, Obiekwe, Ezegwui, Ifeoma, Oguego, Ngozi C, Okoye, Onochie I, Udeh, Nnenma, Aghaji, Ada E, Nwobi, Emmanuel, Aneji, Chiamaka, Onwasigwe, Ernest, Umeh, Rich E
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Dove 2021
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113078 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S298929

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