Prevalence rates and epidemiological risk factors for astigmatism in Singapore school children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 606-613

  Tong, Louis ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Carkeet, Andrew ^a   Chan, Wai Ying ^a   Wu, Hui Min ^a   Tan, Donald ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Myopia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFRACTION;

ASTIGMATISM;

VISION;

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036739913     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200209000-00012     Document Type: Article

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