Visual disability, visual function, and myopia among rural Chinese secondary school children: The Xichang Pediatric Refractive Error Study (X-PRES) - Report 1

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2888-2894

  Congdon, Nathan ^a,b,f   Wang, Yunfei ^a   Song, Yue ^a   Choi, Kai ^c   Zhang, Mingzhi ^a   Zhou, Zhongxia ^a   Xie, Zhenling ^a   Li, Liping ^a   Liu, Xueyu ^a   Sharma, Abhishek ^b,d   Wu, Bin ^e   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Xichang Eye Center   (China)

^f Shantou University Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; ASIAN; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 48249102267     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1160     Document Type: Article

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