Comparing myopic progression of urban and rural Taiwanese schoolchildren

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 446-451

  Shih, Yung Feng ^a   Chiang, Ting Hsuan ^a   Hsiao, C Kate ^b   Chen, Chien Jen ^c   Hung, Por Tying ^a   Lin, Luke L K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

myopic progression; rural; urban

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649291982     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0860-7     Document Type: Article

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