Body stature and myopia - The Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-139

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b   Islam, Amirul ^a   Baird, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Height; Hyopia; Refractive error; Twins; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 45749135423     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580801957751     Document Type: Article

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