The role of educational attainment in refraction: The genes in myopia (GEM) twin study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 534-538

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b   Shekar, Sri N ^c   Baird, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ZYGOSITY; ADOLESCENT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 40649093350     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1123     Document Type: Article

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