Refractive Errors in an Elderly Chinese Population in Taiwan: The Shihpai Eye Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4630-4638

  Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Ming ^a,b   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a,b   Tsai, Su Ying ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CALCULATION; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0142139249     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0169     Document Type: Article

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