Prevalence and associations of refractive error in indigenous Australians within central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-386

  Landers, John ^a   Henderson, Tim ^b   Craig, Jamie ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associations; Indigenous Australians; Prevalence; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954643213     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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