Increasing rates of myopia: The long view

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-248

  Bloom, Rachel I ^a   Friedman, Ilana B ^a   Chuck, Roy S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopia; Practice; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2;

CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; LUMINANCE; MYOPIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHAKIC INTRAOCULAR LENS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE;

HUMANS; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954027643     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e328339f1dd     Document Type: Review

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