A longitudinal investigation of adult-onset and adult-progression of myopia in an occupational group: Refractive and Biometric Findings

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 321-333

  McBrien, Neville A ^a   Adams, David W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult onset myopia; emmetropia; occupational myopia; refractive error; vitreous chamber depth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0031053057     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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