Ametropia and ocular biometry in a U.K. university student population

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-266

  Logan, Nicola S ^a   Davies, Leon N ^a   Mallen, Edward A H ^b   Gilmartin, Bernard ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Myopia; Ocular components; Student

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; STUDENTS;

AMETROPIA; BIOMETRY; MEAN SPHERICAL EQUIVALENT (MSE); REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; BRITISH ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORNEA CURVATURE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 17444399008     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159358.71125.95     Document Type: Article

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