The aging effect on corneal curvature and the validity of Javal's rule in Hong Kong Chinese

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-90

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Chan, Carrie C Y ^a   Lee, M H ^a   Wong, K M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Chinese; Cornea; Javal's rule; Keratometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0033056327     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.2.83.5384     Document Type: Article

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