%0 Journal Article %T Visual acuity and refractive status of Omani students with refractive error in grades 1, 4 and 7: A retrospective cohort study %A Rajiv Khandekar %A Saleh Al Harby %A Tariq Al-Asbali %J Archive of "Oman Journal of Ophthalmology". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/0974-620X.176097 %X The visual and refractive status were assessed for grade 7 students in seven governorates in Oman. The health records were reviewed to assess the rationale for their previous school-based vision screening %K Barriers for service uptake %K childhood blindness %K compliance %K refractive error %K school health %K spectacle wear %K vision screening %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785704/