Prevalence and causes of amblyopia in a population-based study of young adult men in Singapore

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-552

  Rosman, Mohamad ^a,b   Tien, Yin Wong ^a,c,d,e   Koh, Colleen L K ^c   Tan, Donald T H ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24044468471     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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