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Prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors among children aged 3-10 years in western Saudi Arabia

Nojood Hameed R. Alrahili, Esraa S. Jadidy, Bayan Sulieman H. Alahmadi, Mohammed F. Abdula’al, Alaa S. Jadidy, Abdulaziz A. Alhusaini, Moaz A. Mojaddidi and Maan A. Al-Barry
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (8) 804-810; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.8.20412

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