Refractive errors among young adults and university students in Norway

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 692-695

  Kinge, Bettina ^a,b   Midelfart, Anna ^a   Jacobsen, Geir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult onset myopia; Population sample; Refractive errors; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0031670423     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760612.x     Document Type: Article

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