Gender differences in early accommodation and vergence development

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-126

  Horwood, Anna M ^a   Riddell, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Development; Gender; Infant; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 40849142482     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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