Myopia in young adults is inversely related to an objective marker of ocular sun exposure: The Western Australian raine cohort study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1079-1085.e2

  McKnight, Charlotte M ^a   Sherwin, Justin C ^a,b   Yazar, Seyhan ^a   Forward, Hannah ^a   Tan, Alex X ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^a,b   Pennell, Craig E ^c,d   McAllister, Ian L ^a   Young, Terri L ^e   Coroneo, Minas T ^f   Mackey, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; AUTOREFRACTOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVAL ULTRAVIOLET AUTOFLUORESCENCE PHOTOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC CAMERA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SPECTACLES; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908621665     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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