Factors affecting the central corneal thickness of Hong Kong-Chinese

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 368-374

  Cho, Pauline ^a   Lam, Carly ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Chinese; Corneal curvature; Corneal thickness; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032958138     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.5.368.5347     Document Type: Article

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