Design, methodology and baseline data of a school-based cohort study in central china: The anyang childhood eye study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 348-359

  Li, Shi Ming ^a   Liu, Luo Ru ^b   Li, Si Yuan ^a   Ji, Ya Zhou ^b   Fu, Jing ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Li, He ^b   Zhu, Bi Dan ^c   Yang, Zhou ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Chen, Wei ^b   Kang, Meng Tian ^a   Zhang, Feng Ju ^a   Zhan, Si Yan ^d   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anyang Eye Hospital   (China)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Modifiable risk factors; Myopia; School based study

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; EMMETROPIA; EYE DISEASE; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84887978532     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2013.842596     Document Type: Article

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