Spherical equivalent refractive error in preschool children from a population with a high prevalence of astigmatism

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-130

  Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Harvey, Erin M ^a,c   Miller, Joseph M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infant pediatric vision; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; REFRACTION; VISION;

AUTOREFRACTION; HYPEROPIC ASTIGMATISM; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST;

ARIZONA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847014153     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318031b6ac     Document Type: Article

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