Incidence and progression of myopia in Singaporean school children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Tong, Louis ^b,c   Chua, Wei Han ^b,c   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Koh, David ^a   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Katz, Joanne ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; VITREOUS BODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 11144326719     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0565     Document Type: Article

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