Evidence-based preschool-age vision screening: health policy considerations

• Main Authors: Deena Rachel Zimmerman (Author), Hadas Ben-Eli (Author), Bruce Moore (Author), Monique Toledano (Author), Chen Stein-Zamir (Author), Ariela Gordon-Shaag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There are many causes of visual impairment, and even blindness, which are treatable or at least preventable. Two such conditions are strabismus (crossed-eye, squint) and refractive error (visual image not focused on the most sensitive part of the retina). If these are not detecte...