The beijing eye study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-261

  Jonas, Jost B ^a,b,c   Xu, Liang ^a,c   Wang, Ya Xing ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing Eye Study; China; Epidemiology; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHINA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 65349135452     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01385.x     Document Type: Review

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