Prevalence of corneal astigmatism in Tohono O'odham Native American children 6 months to 8 years of age

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4350-4355

  Harvey, Erin M ^a,b   Dobson, Velma ^a,c   Miller, Joseph M ^a,b   Schwiegerling, Jim ^a,b   Clifford Donaldson, Candice E ^a   Green, Tina K ^a   Messer, Dawn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ARIZONA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052304534     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6061     Document Type: Article

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