Prevalence and associated factors of refractive error among adults in South Ethiopia, a community-based cross-sectional study

Marshet Gete Abebe; Abiy Maru Alemayehu; Minychil Bantihun Munaw; Mikias Mered Tilahun; Henok Biruk Alemayehu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298960

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Prevalence and associated factors of refractive error among adults in South Ethiopia, a community-based cross-sectional study

Marshet Gete Abebe ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marshet Gete Abebe, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Hawassa University, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia
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Abiy Maru Alemayehu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marshet Gete Abebe, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Roles Data curation, Software, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Optometry, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Minychil Bantihun Munaw ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marshet Gete Abebe, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Optometry, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Mikias Mered Tilahun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marshet Gete Abebe, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Optometry, School of Medicine, University of Gondar, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Contributed equally to this work with: Marshet Gete Abebe, Abiy Maru Alemayehu, Minychil Bantihun Munaw, Mikias Mered Tilahun, Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Henokbiruk37@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Hawassa University, Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-437X

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Prevalence and associated factors of refractive error among adults in South Ethiopia, a community-based cross-sectional study

Marshet Gete Abebe,
Abiy Maru Alemayehu,
Minychil Bantihun Munaw,
Mikias Mered Tilahun,
Henok Biruk Alemayehu

Published: March 25, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298960

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