Effect of time spent outdoors at school on the development of myopia among children in China a randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1142-1148

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Xiang, Fan ^a,c   Zeng, Yangfa ^a   Mai, Jincheng ^d   Chen, Qianyun ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Smith, Wayne ^e   Rose, Kathryn ^f,g   Morgan, Ian G ^a,h  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d Department of Education Guangzhou Health Care Institute of Guangdong City   (China)

^e New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TIME SPENT OUTDOOR; EYE REFRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOPIA; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942591630     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.10803     Document Type: Article

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