The Norfolk Island Eye Study (NIES): Rationale, methodology and distribution of ocular biometry (biometry of the bounty)

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-52

  Mackey, David A ^a,b,c,d   Sherwin, Justin C ^b   Kearns, Lisa S ^b,d   Ma, Yaling ^b,e   Kelly, John ^f   Chu, Byoung Sun ^b   MacMillan, Robert ^b   Barbour, Julie M ^b   Wilkinson, Colleen H ^b   Matovinovic, Elizabeth ^g   Cox, Hannah C ^g   Bellis, Claire ^g   Lea, Rod A ^g   Quinlan, Sharon ^g   Griffiths, Lyn R ^g   Hewitt, Alex W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Norfolk Optical ^*  (Norfolk Island)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounty; Genetics; Genome wide association; Glaucoma; Mutiny; Ophthalmology; Pitcairn island; Population isolates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORFOLK ISLAND; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PEDIGREE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PITCAIRN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CORNEA; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MELANESIA; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PITCAIRN ISLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951589345     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.1.42     Document Type: Article

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