Prevalence and risk factors of myopia in Victoria, Australia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 658-663

  Wensor, Matthew ^a   McCarty, Cathy A ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032945177     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.5.658     Document Type: Article

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