Generational difference of refractive error in the baseline study of the Beijing Myopia Progression Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 765-769

  Liang, Yuan Bo ^a,b,c   Lin, Zhong ^a,c   Vasudevan, Balamurali ^e   Jhanji, Vishal ^c   Young, Alvin ^d   Gao, Tie Ying ^c,f   Rong, Shi Song ^c   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^g  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE ERROR DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

OPTICS AND REFRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84877986437     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302468     Document Type: Article

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