Low vision in east African blind school students: need for optical low vision services.
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Low vision in east African blind school students: need for optical low vision services.
AIMS There is increasing awareness of the needs of children with low vision, particularly in developing countries where programmes of integrated education are being developed. However, appropriate low vision services are usually not available or affordable. The aims of this study were, firstly, to assess the need for spectacles and optical low vision devices in students with low vision in schoo...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.79.9.814