Excess of autorefraction over subjective refraction: Dependence on age

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-444

  Joubert, Leoni ^a   Harris, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age differences; Autorefraction; Autorefractive excess; Confidence ellipsoids; Scatter plots; Subjective refraction

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; LIGHT REFRACTION; STATISTICAL OPTICS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VECTORS;

AUTOREFRACTION; DIOPTRIC POWER; SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0031171595     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199706000-00029     Document Type: Article

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