The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: A pilot study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-496

  Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^b   Islam, Maksudul ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Cheung, Albert Y K ^a   Chew, Sekjin ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biometry; Myopia; Near work; Parental history; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD CARE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; SAMPLE SIZE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 23144459107     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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