Prevalence and risk indicators of myopia among schoolchildren in Amman, Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 434-439

  Khader, Yousef S ^a   Batayha, W Q ^b   Abdul Aziz, S M I ^a   Al Shiekh Khalil, M I ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TELEVISION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749468126     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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