The age- and gender-specific prevalences of refractive errors in Tehran: The Tehran Eye Study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-225

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b,d   Mohammad, Kazem ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Astigmatism; Cross sectional study; Hyperopia; Myopia; Prevalence; Refractive errors; Tehran Eye Study

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 5644243288     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580490514513     Document Type: Review

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