Education influences the role of genetics in myopia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 973-980

  Verhoeven, Virginie J M ^a   Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H S ^a   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a,b   Uitterlinden, André G ^a,b   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a,b   Klaver, Caroline C W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS GENOMICS INITIATIVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Gene environment; GxE; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYOPIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84890471353     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9856-1     Document Type: Article

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