Changes of the ocular refraction among freshmen in National Taiwan University between 1988 and 2005

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1168-1169

  Wang, T J ^a,b,c   Chiang, T H ^b   Wang, T H ^b,c   Lin, L L K ^b,c   Shih, Y F ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Freshmen; Myopia; Ocular refraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREFRACTOMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTOMETER; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTOMETRY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949116799     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.184     Document Type: Article

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