Incidence and progression of astigmatism in Singaporean children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3914-3918

  Tong, Louis ^a,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Lin, Yu ^c   Chia, Kee Seng ^b   Koh, David ^b   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 6944252086     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0492     Document Type: Article

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