Refractive error among school children in Jhapa, Nepal

Purpose: To evaluate the pattern of refractive errors among school children in Jhapa, Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate refractive status of 2236 school children in three government schools and a private school. A complete eye examination was carried out in all childre...

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Main Authors: Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Digen Sujakhu, Purushottam Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Optometry
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1888429611700413