Association between stature, ocular biometry and refraction in an adult population in rural Myanmar: The Meiktila eye study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 834-839

  Wu, Hui Min ^a   Gupta, Aanchal ^a   Newland, Henry S ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a   Aung, Tin ^b   Casson, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Adult stature; Myanmar; Ocular biometry; Refraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS BODY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 37549058761     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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