Parameters associated with the different astigmatism axis orientations

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 723-730

  Mandel, Yossi ^a,b   Stone, Richard A ^c   Zadok, David ^d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; EYE REFRACTION; HYPERMETROPIA; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ASTIGMATISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449103435     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4356     Document Type: Article

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