Prevalence of correctable visual impairment in primary school children in Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia
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Prevalence of correctable visual impairment in primary school children in Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia.
PURPOSE The worldwide prevalence of refractive errors (RE), which is a common cause of treatable visual impairment among children, varies widely. We assessed the prevalence of correctable visual impairment (uncorrected RE) in primary school children in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 21 primary schools. A total of 5176 children (mean age 9.5±1.8 years), ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Optometry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1888-4296
DOI: 10.1016/j.optom.2014.02.001