Uncorrected refractive error in older British adults: The EPIC-Norfolk eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 991-996

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a   Khawaja, Anthony P ^a   Broadway, David ^b   Luben, Robert ^a   Hayat, Shabina ^a   Dalzell, Nichola ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^c   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a   Foster, Paul J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECTACLES; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862877066     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301430     Document Type: Article

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