Prevalence of Amblyopia and Strabismus in African American and Hispanic Children Ages 6 to 72 Months. The Multi-ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1236.e1-

  Collins, Allyson ^c   Varma, Rohit ^a   Abbott, LaVina ^a   Ayala, George ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Barak, Tal ^a   Borchert, Mark ^a   Chang, Jessica ^a   Chen, Felicia K ^a   Cotter, Susan ^a   Deneen, Jennifer ^a   Diaz, Jackie ^a   DiLauro, Anne ^a   Donofrio, Jill ^a   Dozal, Claudia ^a   Foong, Athena ^a   Gardner, James ^a   Lau, Jackson ^a   Lin, Jesse ^a   Martinez, George ^a   McKean, Roberta ^a   Milo, Kisha ^a   Moya, Carlos ^a   Paz, Sylvia ^a   Penate, Ana ^a   Reiner, Amanda ^a   Salazar, Claudia ^a   Song, Erin ^a   Tarczy Hornoch, Kristina ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Uribe, Natalia ^a   Verrico, Ivania ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Zhao, Peng ^a   Zhu, Amy ^a   Aders, Charles ^b   Kwong, Candace ^b   Noedel, Nancy ^b   Preciado, Michael ^b   Tucker, Karen ^b   Holmes, Jonathan M ^c   Birch, Eileen E ^c   Cruiskshanks, Karen ^c   Kurinij, Natalie ^c   Quinn, Graham E ^c   Maguire, Maureen G ^c   Miller, Joseph M ^c   Zadnik, Karla ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE EXAMINATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45849087683     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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