Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors and ocular biometry parameters in an elderly Asian population: The Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study (SLAS)

Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1294-1301

  Tan, C S H ^a   Chan, Y H ^b   Wong, T Y ^b,c,d   Gazzard, G ^e   Niti, M ^b   Ng, T P ^b   Saw, S M ^b,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astigmatism; biometry; hyperopia; myopia; refractive errors; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 80054071384     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.144     Document Type: Article

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