Refractive and corneal astigmatism in white school children in Northern Ireland

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4048-4053

  O'Donoghue, Lisa ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^b   McClelland, Julie F ^a   Logan, Nicola S ^c   Owen, Christopher G ^c   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEA ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE ASTIGMATISM; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; CORNEA DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 80051646940     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6100     Document Type: Article

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