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Risk Factors for Ocular Morbidity among School Going Children in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu


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1 Department of Paediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73, India
     

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India is a country in transition and needs to simultaneously address preventable and treatable causes of childhood morbidities. Children require support in recognising eye problems and hence screening becomes essential. Moreover their issues need to be tackled at the earliest for treatment to be effective. The selected risk factors for ocular morbidity among school going children and the nutritional factors affecting ocular morbidity among school going children were studied.

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Risk Factors, Morbidity, Nutritional Factors, Treatment.
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S. Sundari
Department of Paediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73, India
P. John Solomon
Department of Paediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73, India

Abstract


India is a country in transition and needs to simultaneously address preventable and treatable causes of childhood morbidities. Children require support in recognising eye problems and hence screening becomes essential. Moreover their issues need to be tackled at the earliest for treatment to be effective. The selected risk factors for ocular morbidity among school going children and the nutritional factors affecting ocular morbidity among school going children were studied.

Keywords


Risk Factors, Morbidity, Nutritional Factors, Treatment.