Refractive Error Study in Children: results from La Florida, Chile.

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Published in Am J Ophthalmol on April 01, 2000

Authors

E Maul1, S Barroso, S R Munoz, R D Sperduto, L B Ellwein

Author Affiliations

1: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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