Prevalence and characteristics of myopic retinopathy in a rural Chinese adult population: The Handan Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1199-1204

  Gao, Li Qin ^a   Liu, Wu ^a   Liang, Yuan Bo ^a,b   Zhang, Feng ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^d   Peng, Yi ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,e   Wang, Ning Li ^a,c   Mitchell, Paul ^f   Friedman, David S ^f,g  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA LESION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIC RETINOPATHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052813646     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.230     Document Type: Article

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