Myopization factors affecting urban elementary school students in Taiwan

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-406

  Cheng, Ching Ying ^a   Huang, Walter ^b   Su, Kuo Chen ^a   Peng, Mei Ling ^a   Sun, Han Ying ^a   Cheng, Hong Ming ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

body height; cycloplegic use; environment; myopization; nutrition; physical activities; school myopia; spectacle use; sunlight exposure; visual habits

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CYCLOPLEGIC USE; ENVIRONMENT; MYOPIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL MYOPIA; SPECTACLE USE; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; VISUAL HABITS;

NUTRITION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION;

STUDENTS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875821577     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182873449     Document Type: Article

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