Effect of stature and other anthropometric parameters on eye size and refraction in a population-based study of Australian children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4424-4429

  Ojaimi, Elvis ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Robaei, Dana ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Smith, Wayne ^c   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORNEA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33644807067     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0077     Document Type: Article

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