Prevalence and predictors of undercorrected refractive errors in the Victorian population

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 590-596

  Liou, Hwey Lan ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^a   Jin, Cara L ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032909691     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00449-8     Document Type: Article

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