Refractive Error and Patterns of Spectacle Use in 12-Year-Old Australian Children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1567-1573

  Robaei, Dana ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33748204577     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.02.066     Document Type: Article

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