Education influences the association between genetic variants and refractive error: a meta-analysis of five Singapore studies.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on September 06, 2013

Authors

Qiao Fan1, Robert Wojciechowski, M Kamran Ikram, Ching-Yu Cheng, Peng Chen, Xin Zhou, Chen-Wei Pan, Chiea-Chuen Khor, E-Shyong Tai, Tin Aung, Tien-Yin Wong, Yik-Ying Teo, Seang-Mei Saw

Author Affiliations

1: Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

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