Do excessive internet use, television viewing and poor lifestyle habits affect low vision in school children?

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-385

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Al Mahdi, Huda S ^d   Vachhani, Pankit J ^c   Al Nufal, Mohammed ^c   Ali, Awab I ^c  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Low vision; Obesity; Qatar; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; VISION, LOW;

EID: 79952269837     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493510380081     Document Type: Article

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