Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in the military aviator: An aeromedical perspective

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 770-776

  Ivan, Douglas J ^a   Tredici, Thomas J ^b   Perez Becerra, Jose ^a   Dennis, Richard ^b   Burroughs, John R ^a   Taboada, John ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CORNEA; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ARENA;

EID: 0029764387     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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