Can information on the purpose of spectacle use and age at first use predict refractive error type?

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Ip, Jenny ^a   Robaei, Dana ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Rose, Kathryn ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myopia; Refraction; Refractive Error; Spectacles; Sydney Childhood Eye Study; Sydney Myopia Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFRACTION ERROR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTACLES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247579124     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580600943481     Document Type: Article

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