A cohort study of incident myopia in Singaporean children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1839-1844

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Shankar, Anoop ^a   Tan, Say Beng ^d   Taylor, Hugh ^e   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Stone, Richard A ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33744779032     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1081     Document Type: Article

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