Associations between near work, outdoor activity, and myopia among adolescent students in rural China: The Xichang Pediatric Refractive Error Study report no. 2

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 769-775

  Lu, Bei ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^a,b   Liu, Xiaojian ^c   Choi, Kai ^b   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b   Zhang, Mingzhi ^a,e   Zheng, Mingwei ^a   Zhou, Zhongxia ^a   Li, Liping ^c   Liu, Xueyu ^c   Sharma, Abhishek ^b,d   Song, Yue ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Shantou University Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK;

EID: 66949153951     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.105     Document Type: Article

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