Corneal shape of Hong Kong-Chinese

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-125

  Cheung, Sin Wan ^a   Cho, Pauline ^a   Douthwaite, William ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA THICKNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KERATOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033998910     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(99)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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