Myopia, lifestyle, and schooling in students of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore and Sydney

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-530

  Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Smith, Wayne ^c   Burlutsky, George ^a,d,e   Mitchell, Paul ^a,d,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STUDENT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 42249102573     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.4.527     Document Type: Article

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