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Childhood Vision Impairment and Refractive Error in Zimbabwe: A Hospital-based Retrospective Study

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to determine the causes and distribution of vision impairment and refractive error among children in Zimbabwe. METHODS: A hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among children (3–16) who attended the Eye Institute, Harare, Zimbabw...

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Autores principales:	Kwarteng, Michael Agyemang, Katsvanga, Chido Cleopatra, Kyei, Samuel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2022
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35950070 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v32i4.8

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