Childhood myopia and parental smoking

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 934-937

  Saw, S M ^a,c   Chia, K S ^a   Lindstrom, J M ^b   Tan, D T H ^a,c   Stone, R A ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENTS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 3042752117     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.033175     Document Type: Article

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