IQ and the association with myopia in children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2943-2948

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Tan, Say Beng ^c   Fung, Daniel ^d   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Koh, David ^a   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b   Stone, Richard A ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; VITREOUS BODY;

BOOKS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; READING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4344599592     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1296     Document Type: Article

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