The complex interactions of retinal, optical and environmental factors in myopia aetiology

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 622-660

  Flitcroft, D I ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Myopia; Myopia aetiology; Myopia prevention; Myopia treatment; Myopic progression; Pathological myopia; Physiological myopia; Retina

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ASTIGMATISM; BIFOCAL GLASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMMETROPIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EYE DISEASE; EYE FIXATION; EYE REFRACTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MYOPIA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; ORGAN GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPECTACLES; VISION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867399982     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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