Central Corneal Thickness and Its Association with Ocular and General Parameters in Indians: The Central India Eye and Medical Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-710

  Nangia, Vinay ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b   Sinha, Ajit ^a   Matin, Arshia ^a   Kulkarni, Maithili ^a  

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 77949657935     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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