The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease study: Design and methods

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Varma, Rohit ^a,b   Deneen, Jennifer ^a   Cotter, Susan ^a   Paz, Sylvia ^a   Azen, Stanley ^a   Tarczy Hornoch, Kristina ^a   Zhao, Peng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pediatric eye disease; Population based study; Prevalence of vision disorders; Study design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 33746848539     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580600719055     Document Type: Article

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