Prevalence of asthenopia and its risk factors in Chinese college students

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 718-722

  Han, Cheng Cheng ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   Liu, Ru Ru ^b   Zhu, Zhong Hai ^a   Yu, Rong Bin ^a   Ma, Le ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; College student; Epidemiological feature; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894577082     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.05.31     Document Type: Article

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