%0 Journal Article
%T Visual characteristics of rural Central and South Americans
%J Journal of the American Optometric Association
%D 1986
%A Wharton, K. R.
%A Yolton, R. L.
%V 57
%N 6
%P 426-430
%X Rural inhabitants of Venezuela, Ecuador and Honduras were examined by volunteer optometry student interns. The resulting data indicate significantly lower best-corrected distance visual acuities, a greater prevalence of many ocular pathologies, less frequent occurrence of myopia, and an earlier onset of presbyopia than is found in the general United States population.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I American Optometric Association
%@ 0003-0244
%U http://dx.doi.org/