Prevalence of Myopia in a Group of Hong Kong Microscopists

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 88-93

  Ting, Patrick W K ^a,b   Lam, Carly S Y ^a   Edwards, Marion H ^a   Schmid, Katrina L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hong Kong Chinese; Microscopists; Myopia; Nearwork; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

MICROSCOPISTS; MYOPIA DEVELOPMENT;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1242274341     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200402000-00006     Document Type: Article

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