Validity of the keratometric index: Large population-based study

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 686-691

  Fam, Han Bor ^a   Lim, Kooi Ling ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947596819     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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