A prospective study of spherical refractive error and ocular components among Northern Irish schoolchildren (the NICER study)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4843-4850

  Breslin, Karen M M ^a   O'Donoghue, Lisa ^a   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperopia; Myopia; Ocular components; Prospective study; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD;

HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; OCULAR COMPONENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 84880422344     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11813     Document Type: Article

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