The role of vision in academic school performance

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b,f   Zhang, Xiaoe ^c   Goh, Liang Ke ^d   Young, Terri L ^a,b,e   Lee, Paul ^e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic; Refractive error; Vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; SINGAPORE; VISION; VISION TEST;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE; VISION TESTS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75749140576     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903450320     Document Type: Article

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