Age, gender, biometry, refractive error, and the anterior chamber angle among Alaskan Eskimos

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Wojciechowski, Robert ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^b,d   Anninger, William ^c   Broman, Aimee Teo ^b  

^a Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALASKA; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; EYE; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INUITS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0037316798     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01748-7     Document Type: Article

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