Prevalence of myopia in Danish conscripts

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-170

  Jacobsen, Nina ^a   Jensen, Hanne ^a   Goldschmidt, Ernst ^b  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Danish Institute for Myopia Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conscripts; Education; Epidemiology; High myopia; Intelligence; Myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846986339     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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