Dietary Factors, Myopia, and Axial Dimensions in Children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Lim, Laurence S ^a,b   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b,c   Low, Yen Ling ^d   Choo, Robin ^d   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b   Tong, Louis ^a,b   Yin Wong, Tien ^a,b,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77951652991     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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