Racial variations in the prevalence of refractive errors in the United States: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Pan, Chen Wei ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Cotch, Mary Frances ^d   Shrager, Sandi ^e   Klein, Ronald ^c   Folsom, Aaron ^f   Kronmal, Richard ^e   Shea, Steven J ^g   Burke, Gregory L ^h   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,i   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,i  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOREFRACTOR; BODY HEIGHT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877787876     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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