Refractive error among school children in Jhapa, Nepal

Journal of Optometry - Tập 4 - Trang 49-55 - 2011
Gauri Shankar Shrestha1, Digen Sujakhu2, Purushottam Joshi2
1B.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
2Mechi Eye Hospital, Birtamod, Jhapa, Nepal

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