Nearwork-induced transient myopia in preadolescent Hong Kong Chinese

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2284-2289

  Wolffsohn, James Stuart ^a   Gilmartin, Bernard ^a   Li, Roger Wing hong ^b   Edwards, Marion Hastings ^b   Chat, Sandy Wing shan ^b   Lew, John Kwok fai ^b   Yu, Bibianna Sin ying ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 0037406774     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0373     Document Type: Article

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