Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in young singaporean chinese children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3411-3417

  Chia, Audrey ^a,b   Dirani, Mohamed ^c   Chan, Yiong Huak ^d   Gazzard, Gus ^e,f   Au Eong, Kah Guan ^d,g,h,i   Selvaraj, Prabakaran ^d   Ling, Yvonne ^a,b   Quah, Boon Long ^a,b   Young, Terri L ^j,k   Mitchell, Paul ^l   Varma, Rohit ^m   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c,d   Saw, Seang Mei ^b,d,j  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h Jurong Medical Center   (Singapore)

ⁱ MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^j DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77955908577     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4461     Document Type: Article

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