SH Wedner, DA Ross, J Todd, A Anemona, R … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: A questionnaire assessed the students' socioeconomic background and
exposure to near work followed by visual acuity assessment and a full eye
examination. Non-cycloplegic objective and subjective refraction was done ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►bmj.com BP Nepal, S Koirala, S Adhikary, AK Sharma - British Medical Journal, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: A total of 1100 children from three schools are included in this
report. 11% of our schoolchildren have ocular morbidity, 97% (117 out of 121) of
which is preventable or treatable. Refractive error is the commonest type ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
P Garg, PV Krishna, AK Stratis, U Gopinathan - Eye, 2005 - nature.com A total of 80% of the world's blind live in developing countries. Retinal
diseases are the most important causes of blindness (40–54%) in established
economy nations while cataract (44–60%) and corneal diseases (8–25%) ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
NG Congdon, N Patel, P Esteso, F Chikwembani … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Refractive error, age, gender, urban versus rural residence, presenting
and best-corrected vision were recorded for participants. Spectacle wear was
observed directly at an unannounced follow-up examination 4–11 months ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
L Tong, SM Saw, D Tan, KS Chia, WY Chan, … - Optometry & Vision Science, 2002 - journals.lww.com ABSTRACT: Purpose. To examine the optimal cutoff point for the use of the visual
acuity test to screen for refractive errors in schoolchildren. Methods. In a
sample of schoolchildren between 7 and 9 years old, visual acuity testing ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PM Cumberland, CS Peckham, JS Rahi - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Only a quarter of individuals in the population studied who had
developed myopia by 45 years of age had reduced acuity at 16 years of age.
Notably, half of all adults with moderate myopia (−2.99 to −5.99) and ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
V Menon, Z Chaudhuri, R Saxena, K Gill, MM … - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - Medknow In this study, we prospectively analysed the clinical profile of patients with
amblyopia, presenting to the Squint and Amblyopia clinic of our institution, so
as to enable us to have objective measures of the demographic profile of ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 3 versions
DS Fan, TY Lai, EY Cheung, DS Lam - Hong Kong Med J, 2005 - hkmj.org Key words: Blindness; Cataract; Child; Optic nerve diseases; Retinopathy of
prematurity ... Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Eye Hospital, 147K Argyle Street, Hong ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 4 versions
VC Lansingh, MJ Carter - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2007 - Elsevier With the advent of VISION 2020 and GET 2020 inaugurated by the World Health
Organization, it is timely to provide an update of the methodology employed in
trachoma surveys, given that a significant number of individuals in many ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 18 versions
H Moestue, B Mahumane, A Zacher, W Issae, … - Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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