The Study of Progression of Adult Nearsightedness (SPAN): Design and baseline characteristics

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 594-604

  Bullimore, Mark A ^a   Reuter, Kathleen S ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^a   Zoz, Jessica ^a   Rah, Marjorie J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Adults; Epidemiology; Myopia; Near work; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTOMETERS; REFRACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULTS; MYOPIA; NEAR WORK; RISK FACTORS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT;

A SCAN; ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747389702     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000230274.42843.28     Document Type: Article

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