Visual impairment and refractive error in school children in Bhutan: The findings from the Bhutan School Sight Survey (BSSS 2019)
Purpose To estimate the nationwide prevalence of visual impairment and associated refractive error in school children in Bhutan. Methods The sample of this prospective cross-sectional national survey comprised of randomly selected classes in levels IV-IX (age 10 to 15 years) from schools throughout...
Main Authors: | Indra Prasad Sharma, Nor Tshering Lepcha, Tshering Lhamo, Leon B. Ellwein, Gopal Prasad Pokharel, Taraprasad Das, Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota, Tandin Dorji, Sonam Peldon, Yu-Chi Liu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489552/?tool=EBI |
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