Component dependent risk factors for ocular parameters in Singapore Chinese children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2065-2071

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Carkeet, Andrew ^b   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Stone, Richard A ^c   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; THICKNESS; VARIANCE; VITREOUS BODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036839798     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01220-4     Document Type: Article

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