Outdoor activity and myopia among primary students in rural and urban regions of Beijing

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-283

  Guo, Yin ^a   Liu, Li Juan ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Lv, Yan Yun ^a   Tang, Ping ^a   Feng, Yi ^a   Meng, Meng ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTDOOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873316106     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.086     Document Type: Article

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