The Tehran eye study: Research design and eye examination protocol

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b,c   Mohammad, Kazem ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SAMPLING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 2642533265     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-3-8     Document Type: Article

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