Relationship between astigmatism and aging in middle-aged and elderly Japanese

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Asano, Kazuko ^a   Nomura, Hideki ^a   Iwano, Makiko ^a   Ando, Fujiko ^b   Niino, Naoakira ^b   Shimokata, Hiroshi ^b   Miyake, Yozo ^c  

^a CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Against the rule; Aging; Astigmatism; Cornea; Polar value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 18044396136     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0152-1     Document Type: Article

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