Prevalence and risk factors for anisometropia in the Tehran eye study, Iran

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-128

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b   Yekta, Abbasali ^c   Mohammad, Kazem ^d   Fotouhi, Akbar ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Cross sectional population study; Refractive errors; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOHYPERMETROPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79957877508     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.574333     Document Type: Article

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