Bifocal lens control of myopic progression in children

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-32

  Cheng, Desmond ^a,b   Woo, George C ^a   Schmid, Katrina L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bifocal spectacle lens; Children; Myopia; Near work; Vergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650688475     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00510.x     Document Type: Review

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