The cause(s) of myopia and the efforts that have been made to prevent it

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 572-582

  Sivak, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Aetiology; Causes; Myopia

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

CONTACT LENSES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84868192600     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2012.00781.x     Document Type: Review

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