Vision and refractive status among grade 1 children of the Province of New Brunswick.
A public health program instituted and funded by the Government of the Province of New Brunswick and operated by the Provincial Optometric Association screened 10,464 grade 1 children using a modified clinical technique (MCT). This paper reports the prevalence of refractive and sensory-motor anomalies in large samples of this child population, all of whom were 6 years of age.
D002648:Child; D003867:Depth Perception; D004215:Distance Perception; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009509:New Brunswick; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D013285:Strabismus / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students; D014787:Vision Tests; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity