Myopia in Singapore kindergarten children

Optometry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 286-291

  Saw, Seang Mei ^d   Chan, Bill ^a   Seenyen, Linley ^b   Yap, Maurice ^c   Tan, Donald ^a   Chew, Sek Jin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Close up work activity; Epidemiology; Refractive error; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SINGAPORE; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; READING; SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0035348444     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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