Prevalence of refractive errors in Norway;Prevalens av brytningsfeil i Norge

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-48

  Midelfart, Anna ^a   Kinge, Bettina ^b   Midelfart, Sven ^c   Lydersen, Stian ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Norges Tek Naturvitenskapelige U   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETER; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 1342312181     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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