Central corneal thickness and its relationship to myopia in Chinese adults

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1451-1453

  Fam, H B ^a   How, A C S ^b   Baskaran, M ^d   Lim, K L ^c   Chan, Y H ^e   Aung, T ^b,e  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c Island Hospital   (Malaysia)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33845246390     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.101170     Document Type: Article

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