Ethnic differences in the impact of parental myopia: Findings from a population-based study of 12-year-old Australian children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2520-2528

  Ip, Jenny M ^a,b   Huynh, Son C ^a,b   Robaei, Dana ^a,b   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^c,d   Smith, Wayne ^e   Kifley, Annette ^a,b   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; ASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; EYE REFRACTION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTACLES;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 34347215511     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0716     Document Type: Article

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