Myopia and the urban environment: Findings in a sample of 12-year-old Australian school children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3858-3863

  Ip, Jenny M ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Burlutsky, George ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WORK; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 53149138595     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1451     Document Type: Article

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