Racial and Ethnic Differences in Ocular Anatomy

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 9-25

  Blake, C Richard ^a   Lai, Wico W ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; EYELID; HUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SCLERA;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYE; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0142152486     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200343040-00004     Document Type: Review

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