Self-reported myopia in Taiwan: 2005 Taiwan National Health Interview Survey

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 684-689

  Guo, Y H ^a   Lin, H Y ^a,b   Lin, L L K ^c   Cheng, C Y ^a,d,e,f,g  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

2005 Taiwan National Health Interview Survey; epidemiology; myopia; prevalence; self reported

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84862554854     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.9     Document Type: Article

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