Average optical performance of the human eye as a function of age in a normal population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-213

  Guirao, Antonio ^c   González, Conceptión ^c   Redondo, Manuel ^c   Geraghty, Edward ^a   Norrby, Sverker ^a   Artal, Pablo ^b  

^a Pharmacia   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATORIO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA IMAGE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; RETINA; VISION;

EID: 0001160866     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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