School grades and myopia

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-129

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Cheng, Angela ^b   Fong, Allan ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^d   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,c   Morgan, Ian ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Epidemiology; Myopia; Refractive error; Singapore

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33847229143     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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