Myopia in children born premature or with low birth weight

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 548-550

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Chew, Sek Jin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Epidemiology; Low birth weight; Myopia; Prematurity; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0031453104     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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