Epidemiologic study of the prevalence and severity of myopia among schoolchildren in Taiwan in 2000

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 684-691

  Lin, L L K ^a   Shih, Y F ^a   Hsiao, C K ^a   Chen, C J ^a   Lee, L A ^a   Hung, P T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axial length; Corneal curvature; Myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; REFRACTION INDEX; REFRACTOMETER; RETINOSCOPY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035198661     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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