Causes and associations of amblyopia in a population-based sample of 6-year-old Australian children

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 878-884

  Robaei, Dana ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^b   Ojaimi, Elvis ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Martin, Frank J ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Children's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745017859     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.878     Document Type: Article

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