Refractive error, ocular biometry, and lens opalescence in an adult population: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4450-4460

  Shufelt, Chrisandra ^a   Fraser Bell, Samantha ^a   Ying Lai, Mei ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS BODY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE; LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33644805647     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0435     Document Type: Article

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