Refractive Errors in an Elderly Japanese Population. The Tajimi Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sawada, Akira ^a   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^b   Araie, Makoto ^b   Iwase, Aiko ^a,c   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPANESE; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 38549176905     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.03.075     Document Type: Article

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