Astigmatism in 12-year-old Australian children: Comparisons with a 6-year-old population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Huynh, Son C ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 33846914258     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0263     Document Type: Article

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