Body height and ocular dimensions in the adult population in rural central india. the Central India Eye and Medical Study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1657-1666

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

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Central India Eye and Medical Study; Epidemiology; India; Population based study; Visual acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE DIMENSION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INCOME; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LENS; LENS SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISC AREA; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER CROSS SECTION AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77957669309     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1448-0     Document Type: Article

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