The association between refractive errors and cataract: The Tehran eye study

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-158

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b   Miraftab, Mohammad ^b   Mohammad, Kazem ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cataract; Population Based Study; Refractive Errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CORTICAL CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRAN; LENS OPACITIES CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM III; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NUCLEAR CATARACT; POSTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT;

EID: 79956262859     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.80705     Document Type: Article

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