Prevalence of amblyopia or strabismus in Asian and non-Hispanic white preschool children: Multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2117-2124

  McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^a   Cotter, Susan A ^b   Tarczy Hornoch, Kristina ^c   Wen, Ge ^a   Kim, Jeniffer ^a   Borchert, Mark ^d   Varma, Rohit ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84885018309     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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