Cohort profile: Shahroud eye cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1300-1308

  Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Hashemi, Hassan ^b,c   Shariati, Mohammad ^a,d   Emamian, Mohammad Hassan ^d   Yazdani, Kamran ^a   Jafarzadehpur, Ebrahim ^a   Koohian, Hassan ^b   Khademi, Mohammad Reza ^e   Hodjatjalali, Kamran ^b   Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^c   Chaman, Reza ^d   Malihi, Sarvenaz ^d   Mirzaii, Mehdi ^d   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HABITAT TYPE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLASMA;

ABERROMETRY; ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; KERATOMETRY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIMETRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SHAHROUD EYE COHORT STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS;

MIDDLE EAST;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TISSUE BANKS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84880425687     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys161     Document Type: Article

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