The association between time spent outdoors and myopia in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2141-2151

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a,b   Reacher, Mark H ^a   Keogh, Ruth H ^c   Khawaja, Anthony P ^a   MacKey, David A ^b,d,e   Foster, Paul J ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SPENT OUTDOOR;

EID: 84867099887     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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