Open AccessPrevalence of correctable visual impairment in primary school children in Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Yousef H. Aldebasi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of optometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1888-4296
pISSN - 1989-1342
DOI - 10.1016/j.optom.2014.02.001
Subject(s) - medicine , optometry , visual impairment , ophthalmology , psychiatry
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.
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