Relation between work and myopia in Singapore women

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 393-396

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Chew, Sek Jin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Close up work; Cross sectional; Myopia; Singapore; Work

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MYOPIA;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK;

EID: 0033152026     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199906000-00019     Document Type: Article

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