Prevalence and causes of amblyopia in a rural adult population of Chinese: The Handan Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-283

  Wang, Yue ^a   Liang, Yuan Bo ^a,b   Sun, Lan Ping ^b   Duan, Xin Rong ^a   Yuan, Rui Zhi ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,d   Yi, Peng ^a   Friedman, David S ^e,f   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^c,g  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTIGMATISM; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79551512796     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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