Accommodation dynamics as a function of age

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 389-396

  Heron, G ^a   Charman, W N ^b   Gray, L S ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Ageing; Presbyopia; Reaction and response times

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRESBYOPIA; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036726759     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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