Green spaces and spectacles use in schoolchildren in Barcelona

Environmental Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2017, Pages 256-262

  Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,d   Alvarez Pedrerol, Mar ^a,b,c   Dalmau Bueno, Albert ^a,b,c   Esnaola, Mikel ^a,b,c   Gascon, Mireia ^a,b,c,e   De Castro Pascual, Montserrat ^a,b,c   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Morgan, Ian G ^f,g   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Built environment; Eyeglasses; Myopia; Natural environment; Ophthalmology; Refractive errors; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EYE; EYE DISEASE; GREENSPACE; NDVI; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE DATA; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; VISION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

CHILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN;

EID: 84994545314     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.026     Document Type: Article

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