Prevalence and 5- to 6-year incidence and progression of myopia and hyperopia in Australian schoolchildren

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1482-1491

  French, Amanda N ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Burlutsky, George ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84879796922     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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