Ocular biometry and determinants of refractive error in rural Myanmar: The Meiktila eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1591-1594

  Warrier, S ^a   Wu, H M ^a   Newland, H S ^a   Muecke, J ^a   Selva, D ^a   Aung, T ^b   Casson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; AXIAL LENGTH; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS SIZE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; OCULAR BIOMETRY; PARAMETER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57149094924     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.144477     Document Type: Article

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