Prevalence and associations of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism in a population based sample of 6 year old children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-601

  Huynh, S C ^a   Wang, X Y ^b   Ip, J ^a   Robaei, D ^a   Kifley, A ^a   Rose, K A ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; ETHNOLOGY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXOTROPIA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING;

EID: 33646262306     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.083154     Document Type: Article

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