Myopia prevalence in Chinese-Canadian children in an optometric practice

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Cheng, Desmond ^a,c   Schmid, Katrina L ^a   Woo, George C ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ERROR DETECTION; EYE PROTECTION; REFRACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE SHIFT;

OPTOMETERS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; ONTARIO; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846243884     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000254042.24803.1f     Document Type: Article

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