Familial aggregation and prevalence of myopia in the Framingham Offspring Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 326-332

  Sperduto, ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029917958     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130322017     Document Type: Article

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