The impact of severity of parental myopia on myopia in Chinese children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 884-891

  Xiang, Fan ^a,b   He, Mingguang ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

myopia; parental; severity

Indexed keywords

AUTOREFRACTION; CYCLOPENTOLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GENETIC FACTORS; GUANGZHOU; MYOPIA; PARENTAL; SEVERITY;

OPTOMETERS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861816639     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318255dc33     Document Type: Article

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