Peripheral refraction and refractive error in Singapore Chinese children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1181-1190

  Sng, Chelvin C A ^a,b   Lin, Xiao Yu ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^d,e   Chang, Benjamin ^f   Dirani, Mohamed ^a,g   Chia, Audrey ^h   Selvaraj, Prabakaran ^c   Ian, Kit ⁱ   Drobe, Bjorn ⁱ   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,g,h   Saw, Seang Mei ^c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

ⁱ Singapore Internet Research Center   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMMETROPIA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIA; PERIPHERAL REFRACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGAPORE; VISUAL FIELD; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 79953281519     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5601     Document Type: Article

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