Prevalence of undetected ocular conditions in a pilot sample of school children

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2003

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Rosen, David B
Younan, C
Morgan, Ian
Rose, Kathryn A

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Blackwell Science Asia

Abstract

Parents of 134 children (age 5-18 years; 84% participation) attending a private school gave informed consent for their child's participation in a pilot study to demonstrate the feasibility and estimate sample size for a larger study of myopia prevalence,

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Keywords: tropicamide; adult; age; amblyopia; article; child; child health care; color vision defect; cycloplegic eye autorefraction; early diagnosis; eye disease; eye fundus; eye refraction; feasibility study; female; human; major clinical study; male; mass screen Australia; Ocular conditions; Prevalence; School; Study; Sydney Myopia; Vision screening

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Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

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