Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 305-315

  Williams, Katie M ^a   Verhoeven, Virginie J M ^b   Cumberland, Phillippa ^c   Bertelsen, Geir ^d,e   Wolfram, Christian ^f   Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H S ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^b   Vingerling, Johannes R ^b   Kuijpers, Robert W A M ^b   Höhn, René ^f   Mirshahi, Alireza ^f   Khawaja, Anthony P ^g   Luben, Robert N ^g   Erke, Maja Gran ^d,e   von Hanno, Therese ^e,h   Mahroo, Omar ^a   Hogg, Ruth ⁱ   Gieger, Christian ^j   Cougnard Grégoire, Audrey ^k,l   Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ^m   Bron, Alain ⁿ   Dartigues, Jean François ^k,l   Korobelnik, Jean François ^k,l   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ⁿ   Topouzis, Fotis ^m   Delcourt, Cécile ^k,l   Rahi, Jugnoo ^c,o   Meitinger, Thomas ^j,p   Fletcher, Astrid ^q   Foster, Paul J ^g,o   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^f   Klaver, Caroline C W ^b   Hammond, Christopher J ^a   more..

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^l INSERM   (France)

^m ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁿ DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^o MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Consortium; Epidemiology; Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84939983423     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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