The prevalence of anisometropia in population base study

Strabismus

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 152-157

  Ostadimoghaddam, Hadi ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^b   Hashemi, Hassan ^c   Yekta, Abbas Ali ^a   Heravian, Javad ^a   Hemmati, Bahareh ^b   Jafarzadehpur, Ebrahim ^b,c   Rezvan, Farhad ^c   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Iran; Population base study; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870671100     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273972.2012.680229     Document Type: Article

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