Comparisons of refractive errors between twins and singletons in Chinese school-age samples

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-92

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^b   Huang, Wenyong ^b   Ding, Xiaohu ^b   He, Mingguang ^b,c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Eye; Hyperopia; Myopia; Refractive errors; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TWINS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 60849112595     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.1.86     Document Type: Article

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