The Effect of Parental History of Myopia on Children's Eye Size

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 271, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 1323-1327

  Zadnik, Karla ^a   Satariano, William A ^a   Mutti, Donald O ^a   Sholtz, Robert I ^a   Adams, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; KERATOSCOPY; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028265418     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03510410035029     Document Type: Article

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