The effect of age on the light scattering characteristics of the eye

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-203

  Hennelly, M L ^a   Barbur, J L ^a   Edgar, D F ^a   Woodward, E G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; APPARATUS; ASTIGMATISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOMETRY; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0031939447     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(97)00077-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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