Risk factors for astigmatism in preschool children: The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and baltimore pediatric eye disease studies

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1974-1981

  McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a   Cotter, Susan A ^a   Tarczy Hornoch, Kristina ^a,b   Borchert, Mark S ^a,b   Lin, Jesse H ^a   Wen, Ge ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Tielsch, James M ^c,d   Friedman, David S ^c,d   Repka, Michael X ^e   Katz, Joanne ^c,d   Ibironke, Josephine ^c,e   Giordano, Lydia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANCY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MYOPIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTIGMATISM; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINOSCOPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053587806     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.031     Document Type: Article

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