Genes and environment in refractive error: The twin eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1232-1236

  Hammond, C J ^a   Snieder, H ^a   Gilbert, C E ^a   Spector, T D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TWINS;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035033001     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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