Near work, education, family history, and myopia in Greek conscripts

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 542-546

  Konstantopoulos, A ^a   Yadegarfar, G ^b   Elgohary, M ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; RANK SUM TEST; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 42449118871     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702693     Document Type: Article

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