Open AccessOcular morbidity prevalence among school children in Shimla, Himachal, North India
Author(s) -
Madhu Gupta,
B P Gupta,
Anil Chauhan,
Anupam Parashar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.45503
Subject(s) - medicine , blindness , cross sectional study , vitamin a deficiency , pediatrics , refractive error , stratified sampling , optometry , private school , visual acuity , demography , ophthalmology , vitamin , retinol , pathology , economics , demographic economics , sociology
Data on eye diseases among school children is not readily available. Considering the fact that one-third of India's blind lose their eyesight before the age of 20 years and many of them are under five when they become blind, early detection and treatment of ocular morbidity among children is important.