Refractive error and visual impairment in Ireland schoolchildren
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Refractive error and visual impairment in school children in Northern Ireland.
AIMS To describe the prevalence of refractive error (myopia and hyperopia) and visual impairment in a representative sample of white school children. METHODS The Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of Refraction study, a population-based cross-sectional study, examined 661 white 12-13-year-old and 392 white 6-7-year-old children between 2006 and 2008. Procedures included assessment of monocular...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0007-1161,1468-2079
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312573