Association of education and occupation with myopia in COMET parents

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1045-1053

  Gwiazda, Jane ^a   Deng, Li ^a   Dias, Lynette ^b   Marsh Tootle, Wendy ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

children's vision; education; myopia; occupation; refractive error

Indexed keywords

AUTOREFRACTION; CHILDREN'S VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HIGHER EDUCATION; LARGE GROUPS; MEAN AGES; MEAN SPHERICAL EQUIVALENTS; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; ODDS RATIOS; REFRACTION DATA; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

EMPLOYMENT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REFRACTION;

EDUCATION;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; UNITED STATES; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052499436     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31822171ad     Document Type: Article

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