Family history, near work, outdoor activity, and myopia in Singapore Chinese preschool children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1012-1016

  Low, Wilson ^a   Dirani, Mohamed ^b,c   Gazzard, Gus ^d   Chan, Yiong Huak ^a   Zhou, Hui Jun ^a   Selvaraj, Prabakaran ^a   Eong, Kah Guan Au ^a,e,f,g   Young, Terri L ^h,i   Mitchell, Paul ^j   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Jurong Medical Centre Singapore   (Singapore)

^g MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^h DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINESE; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SPORT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MYOPIA; READING; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77955239138     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.173187     Document Type: Article

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