Refractive error and ocular biometry in Jordanian adults

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-309

  Mallen, Edward A H ^a   Gammoh, Yazan ^a   Al Bdour, Muawyah ^b   Sayegh, Fouad N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Middle East; Myopia; Ocular biometry; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; JORDAN; KERATOMETRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAST; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA; LENS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 24944450446     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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