Darkness and near work: Myopia and its progression in third-year law students

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1032-1038

  Loman, Jane ^a   Quinn, Graham E ^a,b   Kamoun, Layla ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^a   Maguire, Maureen G ^a   Hudesman, David ^b   Stone, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DARKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; WORK;

EID: 0036241548     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01012-6     Document Type: Article

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