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Investigation of amplitude of accommodation among Ghanaian school children

Godwin O Ovenseri‐ogbomoDepartment of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and
, OD MPH,
Emefa P KudjawuDepartment of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and
, OD,
Franklin E KioDepartment of Optometry, University of Benin, Nigeria. E‐mail: [email protected]
, BSc OD MSc FNCO &
Emmanuel K AbuDepartment of Optometry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and
, BSc OD
Pages 187-191 | Received 17 Jun 2011, Accepted 15 Sep 2011, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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