Ocular axial length and its associations in Chinese: The Beijing eye study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yin, Guo ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Zheng, Zhi Yun ^b   Yang, Hua ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yayuncun Clinics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE GLOBE SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE REFLECTOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUPIL; REFLECTOMETRY; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84865182886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043172     Document Type: Article

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