Increased prevalence of myopia in the United States between 1971-1972 and 1999-2004

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1632-1639

  Vitale, Susan ^a   Sperduto, Robert D ^a   Ferris III, Frederick L ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; TIME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NUTRITION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349112275     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.303     Document Type: Article

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