Education, socioeconomic status, and ocular dimensions in Chinese adults: The Tanjong Pagar Survey

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 963-968

  Wong, T Y ^a,b   Foster, P J ^b,c   Johnson, G J ^c   Seah, Steve K L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CHINESE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMETRY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036724542     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.963     Document Type: Review

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