The prevalence of high myopia in 19 year-old men in Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongsangnam-Do

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-64

  Lee, Sang Joon ^a   Urm, Sang Hwa ^b   Yu, Byeng Chul ^a   Sohn, Hae Sook ^b   Hong, Young Seoub ^c   Noh, Maeng Seok ^d   Lee, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

^d Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; High myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOPIA; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOTENSION; RURAL POPULATION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961132449     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.1.56     Document Type: Article

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