Prevalence and Associations of Keratoconus in Rural Maharashtra in Central India: The Central India Eye and Medical Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 760-765

  Jonas, Jost B ^a,b   Nangia, Vinay ^a   Matin, Arshia ^a   Kulkarni, Maithili ^a   Bhojwani, Krishna ^a  

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350572202     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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