Hypermetropia, Axial Length, and Hypertension: The Tanjong Pagar Survey

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1142-1144

  Foong, Athena W P ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Foster, Paul J ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33744813284     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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