The impact of parental myopia on myopia in Chinese children: Population-based evidence

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1487-1496

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

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Myopia; Parental myopia

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; CYCLOPENTOLATE; GENETIC BASIS; GUANGZHOU; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PARENTAL MYOPIA; RANDOM SAMPLING;

OPHTHALMOLOGY; REFRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION;

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

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

EID: 84867025516     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31826912e0     Document Type: Article

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