The prevalence of refractive errors and its determinants in the elderly population of Mashhad, Iran

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-203

  Yekta, Abbas Ali ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^c   Hashemi, Hassan ^c,d   Ostadimoghaddam, Hadi ^a   Heravian, Javad ^a   Mehravaran, Shiva ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Elderly population; Refractive errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67149140482     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902863049     Document Type: Article

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