Refractive changes among Norwegian university students - A three-year longitudinal study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-305

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult onset myopia; Myopic shift; Students, university level

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0032974916     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770311.x     Document Type: Article

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