Visual acuity and refractive errors in a suburban Danish population: Inter99 Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-24

  Kessel, Line ^a,b   Hougaard, Jesper Leth ^a   Mortensen, Claus ^a   Jøorgensen, Torben ^b   Lund Andersen, Henrik ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Epidemiology; Myopia; Refraction; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 1242275343     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.0179.x     Document Type: Article

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