Population prevalence of tilted and torted optic discs among an adult Chinese population in Singapore: The Tanjong Pagar study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 894-899

  How, Alicia C S ^a   Tan, Gavin S W ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Wong, Tina T L ^a   Seah, Steve K ^a   Foster, Paul J ^c   Aung, Tin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHINESE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 67650505006     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.134     Document Type: Article

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