Prevalence and causes of decreased visual acuity in Singaporean Chinese preschoolers

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1561-1565

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b,c   Zhou, B ^c   Hornbeak, D ^d   Chang, B C ^e   Gazzard, G ^f   Chia, A ^g   Ling, Y ^g   Selvaraj, P ^c   Young, T L ^d,h   Varma, R ⁱ   Wong, T Y ^a,b   Saw, S M ^c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHINESE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78649834058     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.173104     Document Type: Article

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