Relationship of 10-Year Change in Refraction to Nuclear Cataract and Axial Length. Findings from an Older Population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Fotedar, Reena ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Burlutsky, George ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIRTH; CALCULATION; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48149096882     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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