Prevalence of myopia and its association with body stature and educational level in 19-year-old male conscripts in Seoul, South Korea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5579-5583

  Jung, Su Kyung ^a   Lee, Jin Hae ^b   Kakizaki, Hirohiko ^c   Jee, Donghyun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Regional Military Manpower Administration   (South Korea)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SOUTH KOREA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867911511     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10106     Document Type: Article

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