Corneal thickness determination and correlates in Singaporean schoolchildren

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4004-4009

  Tong, Louis ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Siak, Jyh Kuen ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b,d   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 6944219921     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0121     Document Type: Article

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