Refractive errors in an older population: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1066-1072

  Attebo, Karin ^a   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0033510648     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90251-8     Document Type: Article

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