Visual characteristics of natives in Fiji, South Pacific.
Data on natives of rural Fiji who have not previously received any vision care are presented. The Fijians were found to have a distribution of refractive errors showing a strong tendency toward emmetropia. The frequency of ocular health problems was found to be low but to increase with age.
D000328:Adult; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000453:epidemiology; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005367:Fiji; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity