Association of age, stature, and education with ocular dimensions in an older white population

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Lee, Kristine E ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^b   Klein, Ronald ^b   Quandt, Zoe ^b,d   Wong, Tien Yin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CORNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 58449111349     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.521     Document Type: Article

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