The ocular and visual characteristics of an athletic population

Optometry

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 498-507

  Beckerman, Stephen A ^a   Hitzeman, Steven ^b  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Contact lenses; Epidemiology study; Protective eyewear; Refractive error; Sports vision; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0035432981     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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