Age of myopia onset in a British population-based twin cohort

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-345

  Williams, Katie M ^a,b   Hysi, Pirro G ^a   Nag, Abhishek ^a   Yonova Doing, Ekaterina ^a   Venturini, Cristina ^a   Hammond, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877793673     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12042     Document Type: Article

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