Does vitamin D mediate the protective effects of time outdoors on myopia? Findings from a prospective birth cohort

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8550-8558

  Guggenheim, Jeremy A ^a   Williams, Cathy ^b   Northstone, Kate ^b   Howe, Laura D ^b   Tilling, Kate ^b   Pourcain, Beate St ^b   McMahon, George ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Light levels; Myopia; Refractive error; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ETHNICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OUTDOORS; BLOOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84920065265     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15839     Document Type: Article

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