Six Year Refractive Change among White Children and Young Adults: Evidence for Significant Increase in Myopia among White UK Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  McCullough, Sara J ^a   O'Donoghue, Lisa ^a   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; UNITED KINGDOM; AUSTRALIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958230808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146332     Document Type: Article

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